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Title:

Transatlantic divide : comparing American and European society / edited by Alberto Martinelli.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

ix, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States--Civilization--1945-
European Union countries--Civilization--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1945-
European Union countries--Social conditions--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
European Union countries--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-
European Union countries--Economic conditions--20th century.

Other Authors:

Martinelli, Alberto. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046417

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-334) and index.

Contents:

The European Union and the United States as two variants of Western modernity / Alberto Martinelli -- The economic sphere / Antonio M. Chiesi -- Inequality / Paul W. Kingston and Laura M. Holian -- Family / Theodore Caplow and Salustiano Del Campo -- Politics and institutional architectures / Alberto Martinelli -- Welfare / Gérard Cornilleau -- Value change / Michel Forsé and Maxime Parodi -- Religion / Mathias Bös and Kai Hebel -- Cities / Patrick Le Galès and Mathieu Zagrodzki -- The American and the European models of society : not so different after all / Alberto Martinelli -- Appendix with a synthetic picture of the most relevent trends / Laurence Duboys Fresney.

ISBN:

9780199204533
0199204535
0199204527
9780199204526

OCLC:

(OCoLC)154806550

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)