America's Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Society and Politics

This book examines the social, cultural, economic, and political effects of modern demographic change in the United States. The contributors from the U.S. and the U.K. draw on new research to analyze a wide range of issues pertaining to the diversity of American society.

Topics include:
Latino immigrant incorporation

racial and ethnic integration in metropolitan contexts

population self-determination, and Native Americans

public policy issues relating to immigration

growth of the U.S. prison population

changing nature of poverty in the United States

politics of demographic and social change at national and local levels

historical change in the labor force participation of women