In The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000 (AEI Press), authors Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks, and Ben J. Wattenberg examine the past hundred years of American life with unprecedented clarity thanks to the rise of widespread, systematic data collection in the twentieth century.
The First Measured Century examines fifteen areas of American life: population, work, education, family, living arrangements, religion, leisure, health, money, politics, government, crime, transportation, business, and communications. This book reveals surprising conclusions about change and continuity in America.
The illustrated volume, the first of its kind, is published in conjunction with the three-hour PBS television prime-time special of the same name, hosted by Ben J. Wattenberg, airing nationally on December 20 at 8:30 p.m. Please join us for a special preview of the television program and a panel discussion on The First Measured Century.
