This is Who We Were: In The 2010s
This is Who We Were: In the 2010s provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America from 2010 to 2019. This new volume in the This is Who We Were series is sure to be of value as both a serious research tool for students of American history as well as an intriguing climb up America's family tree. The richly illustrated text provides an interesting way to study a truly unique time in American history.
Personal Profiles: Over 25 in-depth Personal Profiles examine the lives of individuals and families who lived during the decade. Each profile details life at home, at work and in the community. Profiles also include original tables from the 2010 Census, reprinted exactly as they appeared decades ago.
Historical Snapshots: This section includes lists of important “firsts” for America, from technical advances and political events to new products and top-selling books. Combining serious American history with fun facts, these snapshots present, in chronological categories, an easy-to-read overview of what happened in the 2010s.
Economy of the Times: This section offers this information in three categories—Consumer Expenditures, Annual Income of Standard Jobs, and Selected Prices—with actual figures from three specific years for easy comparison and study. At the end of Section Three is a Value of the Dollar Index that compares the buying power of $1.00 in 1860 to every year up to 2019, helping to put the economic data in This Is Who We Were in the 2010s into context.
All Around Us: This section offers a ringside seat to the issues and attitudes that were the 2010s in America. These 19 documents are taken from official press releases, governmental websites, and other documents from the 2010s. They show how America’s changing ideas on education, politics, the arts, race, immigration, and gender and sexuality were shaped.
2010 Census Data: This section includes invaluable data to help define the 2010s: state-by-state comparative tables and actual reprints from the Census of Population, including a Census of Housing, Census of Agriculture, and special reports on Marital Status, Education, and Fertility. Various maps, tables, graphs, charts, and narratives are also including in this section helping readers to effectively visualize the environment at that time.
This dynamic new title will benefit a wide range of academic and personal research and curriculum needs. A truly unique and interesting look at what American life was like in 2010, this volume will be an important acquisition for high school, public and academic libraries as well as social science and history reference collections.
Buy the Print and Get Free Online Access on the Popular Salem Press/Grey House Platform!
This is Who We Were series comes with FREE ONLINE ACCESS on the popular Salem Press/Grey House platform, http://online.salempress.com. With unlimited users and remote access included, your students and researchers can now search this amazing collection of data, anytime & anywhere.
