Taken from the RSF book Century of Difference, the charts in this section use a hundred years worth of census and opinion poll data to show how the social, cultural, and economic fault lines in American life shifted in the last century.
How Americans Prayed
The charts in this section describe American religious diversity, document its development, and weigh its implications. Source: Fischer, Claude S. and Michael Hout. Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years. New York: Russell Sage, 2006.
How Americans Worked
This section examines the questions of who worked in America in the twentieth century, what they did at work, how much they made at work, how many hours they worked, and how they felt about their work. Source: Fischer, Claude S. and Michael Hout. Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years. New York: Russell Sage, 2006.
Where Americans Came From
This section looks at how the history of immigration, acculturation, and intermarriage changed the ethnic and racial profile of the American people in the 20th century. Source: Fischer, Claude S. and Michael Hout. Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years. New York: Russell Sage, 2006.
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