Jack Levin is the American Sociological Association's 2009 Winner of the "Public Understanding of Sociology" Award. This short book communicates the power and importance of sociological thinking to major social trends. Levin charts the big-picture changes in American society over the past 50 years and, in doing so, peers into the future as well.

Ideal for use in undergraduate courses such as introductory sociology, social problems, and social change as well as more advanced courses in population, or sociology of aging. This book will provoke discussion and imaginative thinking about large-scale social trends and their causes.