Acknowledgments   ix
Prologue Introducing the Twentieth Century   1
Chapter 1 What America Was: The Early Twentieth Century   7
Chapter 2 The Paradox of Inequality in the History of Gender, Race, and Immigration   63
Chapter 3 Growing Up and Growing Old in a Century of Family Change   126
Chapter 4 What America Is Becoming   171
Epilogue What Does It Mean to Be an American?   217
Notes     225
References     273
About the Authors Michael B. Katz and Mark J. Stern   335
Index     337