Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era [Hardcover]

White'sBarack Obama's Americaeloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences.
---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan

This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of the changes in culture, society, and politics that have given usBarack Obama's America.
---Stan Greenberg, pollster for Bill Clinton and Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research

From one of the nation's foremost experts on how values shape our politics, a clear and compelling account of the dramatic shifts in social attitudes that are transforming American political culture. White's masterful blend of narrative and data illuminates the arc of electoral history from Reagan to Obama, making a powerful case for why we are entering a new progressive political era.
---Matthew R. Kerbel, Professor of Political Science, Villanova University, and author ofNetroots

John Kenneth White is bold. He asks the big questions . . . Who are we? What do we claim to believe? How do we actually live? What are our politics? John Kenneth White writes compellingly about religion and the role it played in making Barack Obama president. White's keen insight into America's many faiths clarifies why Barack Obama succeeded against all odds. It is a fascinating description of religion and politics in twenty-first-century America---a must-read.
---Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and author ofFailing America's Faithful

InBarack Obama's America,John Kenneth White has written the political equivalent of Baedeker or Michelin, the definitive guide to and through the new, uncharted political landscape of our world. White captures and explains what America means---and what it means to be an American---in the twenty-first century.
---Mark Shields, nationally syndicated columnist and political commentator lÓU