The big sort : why the clustering of like-minded America is tearing us apart
America may be more diverse than ever coast to coast, but the places where we live are becoming increasingly crowded with people who live, think, and vote as we do. We've built a country where we can all choose the neighborhood--and church and news show--most compatible with our lifestyle and beliefs. And we are living with the consequences of this way-of-life segregation. Our country has become so polarized, so ideologically inbred, that people don't know and can't understand those who live just a few miles away. The reason for this situation, and the dire implications for our country, is the subject of this groundbreaking work.--From publisher description
1 online resource (viii, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780547525198, 0547525192
608571079
The age of political segregation
The politics of migration
The psychology of the tribe
Culture shift : the 1965 unraveling
The beginning of division : beauty and salvation in 1974
The economics of the big sort : culture and growth in the 1990s
Religion : the missionary and the megachurch
Advertising : Grace Slick, Tricia Nixon, and you
Lifestyle : "books, beer, bikes, and Birkenstocks"
Choosing a side
The big sort campaign
To marry your enemies
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010