America by the Numbers

<DIV><p>Is demography destiny? Corporate marketers and government agencies act as if it is producing mountains of statistics about Americans-most always remarkably inaccessible and dry. Now <em>America by the Numbers</em> puts the power of demography back in the people's hands collecting and clearly explaining a vast amount of population data in easy-to-read informative tables and graphs. From the new immigration to the aging of America this guide reveals how the ebb and flow of population shapes every public and private decision we make.</p><p>In an engaging and accessible form <em>America by the Numbers</em> ranges across the U.S. landscape as it offers the latest facts about racial conflict class division health schooling family life crime and political participation. The most recent in The New Press's highly successful popular guides to politics and economics-including <em>Field Guide to the U.S. Economy</em> and <em>Social Stratification in the United States</em>-<em>America by the Numbers</em> is both a practical reference on U.S. population trends and a probing examination of the roots of America's most pressing problems. </p><BR></DIV>