LEADER 03280nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910452113803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-14875-X 010 $a9786611148751 010 $a0-19-152543-X 010 $a1-4356-1387-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481409 035 $a(EBL)416005 035 $a(OCoLC)437096430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261214 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11212428 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261214 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10256491 035 $a(PQKB)11447995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC416005 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL416005 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212054 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114875 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481409 100 $a20070730d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTransatlantic divide$b[electronic resource] $ecomparing American and European society /$feditor, Alberto Martinelli 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-920453-5 311 $a0-19-920452-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF GRAPHS; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 The European Union and the United States as two variants of Western modernity; 2 The economic sphere; 3 Inequality; 4 Family; 5 Politics and institutional architectures; 6 Welfare; 7 Value change; 8 Religion; 9 Cities; 10 The American and the European models of society: not so different after all; Appendix with a synthetic picture of the most relevant trends; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX 330 $aThe United States of America and the European Union are the two strongest economic powers in the contemporary world. This volume describes, interprets, and analyzes the key social trends in the EU and the USA over the last 50 years. - ;The book describes, interprets, and analyzes the key features of European society and American society and major social trends in the United States and in the European Union in the last 50 years. The United States of America and the European Union are the two strongest economic powers in the contemporary world, roughly equivalent in terms of GNP, market size and 606 $aSocial history$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1945- 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xCivilization$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945- 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial history 676 $a306.09409045 701 $aMartinelli$b Alberto$0304582 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452113803321 996 $aTransatlantic divide$92110045 997 $aUNINA