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100 1  Kotkin, Joel 
245 14 The next hundred million : America in 2050 /|cJoel Kotkin.
260    New York :|bPenguin Press,|c2010 
300    308 p. ;|c25 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-295) and 
       index. 
505 0  Hundred million Americans -- The cities of aspiration -- 
       The archipelago of villages -- The resurgent heartland -- 
       Post-ethnic America -- The 21st century community -- 
       America in 2050. 
520 0  Visionary social thinker Joel Kotkin looks ahead to 
       America in 2050, revealing how the addition of one hundred
       million Americans by midcentury will transform how we all 
       live, work, and prosper. In stark contrast to the rest of 
       the world's advanced nations, the United States is growing
       at a record rate and, according to census projections, 
       will be home to four hundred million Americans by 2050. 
       This projected rise in population is the strongest 
       indicator of our long-term economic strength, Kotkin 
       believes, and will make us more diverse and more 
       competitive than any nation on earth. Drawing on 
       prodigious research, firsthand reportage, and historical 
       analysis, this book reveals how this unprecedented growth 
       will take physical shape and change the face of America--
       focusing not on power brokers, policy disputes, or 
       abstract trends, but rather on the evolution of the more 
       intimate units of American society: families, towns, 
       neighborhoods, industries.--From publisher description 
650 00 Social prediction|zUnited States 
650 00 Population forecasting|zUnited States