Part One: Stereotypes versus reality -- 1. From urbanization to decentralization -- 2. The increase in leisure: trend or mirage? -- 3. The changing shape of the family -- 4. The generation gap -- Part Two: Basic demographic and housing trends -- 5. The new population boom -- 6. The growing Negro population -- 7. Americans on the move -- 8. The new look in housing -- Part Three: Economic and social changes -- 9. The growth of the middle class -- 10. The rapid rise in income levels -- 11. The new rural America -- 12. The compartmentalization of the population -- 13. Alienation and protests -- Part Four: Changes in the source and distribution of power -- 14. The demand for self-determination -- 15. Knowledge as a Source of Power -- 16. The decentralization of power -- 17. What do they want now? -- Part Five: Three trends in the religious arena -- 18. Church and State: the crumbling wall -- 19. The Growth of the Third Force -- 20. Connectionalism and Denominationalism.