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by Louis Caplow; Theodore Hicks; Wattenberg


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Rapidly falling death rates, massive immigration, and a "baby boom" in midcentury caused the American population to expand at an extraordinary rate, doubling in the first half of the century and almost doubling again in the second half (see upper chart).

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  • Title The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000
  • Author Louis Caplow; Theodore Hicks; Wattenberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher AEI Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Date 2000-01-01
  • ISBN 9780844741383 / 0844741388
  • Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.01 x 6.04 x 0.76 in (22.89 x 15.34 x 1.93 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social conditions - 20th, United States - Economic conditions - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00049580
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.097

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 01/01/2001, Page 86
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/18/2000, Page 73

About the author

Theodore Caplow is the Commonwealth Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and the author of many books, inclduing American Social Trends (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991). Louis Hicks is an associate professor of sociology at St. Mary's College of Maryland and co-author of Systems of War and Peace (University Press of America, 1995). Ben J. Wattenberg is a senior fellow at AEI, a syndicated solumnist, moderator of the PBS series "Think Tank," and author of many books, including Values Matter most (Free Press, 1995).
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