Description: Amid confusing and alarmist media claims about our changing culture, Claude Fischer sets the record straight on social trends in America.
Brief description: Claude S. Fischer is Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Made in America: A Social History of American Culture and Character, and, most recently, Still Connected: Family and Friends in America Since 1970.
Review Quotes:
Still, some of his digests are pointed and clever, such as his description of the difference between people who tie happiness to time spent outdoors and strengthening 'personal relationships' and those who emphasize more jobs and more pay: 'sort of Seattle Democrats versus Youngstown Democrats.' And when Fischer goes more in-depth--for example, when he dissects the function of leisure-time and paid vacations--he's terrific.
--Publishers Weekly