Shaping Our Nation: How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics

by Michael Barone

It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country s beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power. The peopling of the United States is one of the most important stories of the last five hundred years, and in "Shaping our Nation," bestselling author and demographics expert Michael Barone illuminates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307461513
• ISBN13: 9780307461513
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Crown Forum
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"