New Era
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A widely used label for the period of American history preceding the Great Depression and the New Deal, New Era usually refers to 1921–1929 but sometimes is used to indicate 1919–1933. It was initially used during the period, particularly by those viewing the innovations in industrial technology, managerial practice, and associational formation as components of a new capitalism capable of keeping itself in balance and realizing the nation's democratic ideals. Among those to use it in this fashion were the investment banker Elisha Friedman in America and the New Era (1920), the Harvard economist Thomas Nixon Carver in The Present Economic Revolution in the United States (1925), Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover in numerous public statements, and the economists responsible for Recent Economic Changes in the United States (1929). Subsequently, as the Great Depression produced negative interpretations of the period, the term took on connotations of foolishness and illusion and was replaced by such labels as the Republican Era, the Age of Normalcy, and the Roaring Twenties. But as scholars in the 1950s and 1960s rediscovered the period's innovations and were impressed with the extent to which they did represent a new and distinctive stage in social modernization, governmental development, and the coming of a managerial capitalism, the term came back into academic use.
Bibliography
Alchon, Guy. The Invisible Hand of Planning: Capitalism, Social Science, and the State in the 1920s. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985.
Barber, William J. From New Era to New Deal: Herbert Hoover, the Economists, and American Economic Policy, 1921–1933. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Hawley, Ellis W., ed. Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce: Studies in New Era Thought and Practice. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1981.
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New Era, Michigan
| New Era, Michigan | |
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| — Village — | |
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| Coordinates: 43°33′34″N 86°20′45″W / 43.55944°N 86.34583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Oceana |
| Area | |
| - Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| - Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 755 ft (230 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 461 |
| - Density | 543.8/sq mi (210.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49446 |
| Area code(s) | 231 |
| FIPS code | 26-57280[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1621001[2] |
New Era is a village in Shelby Township, Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 461 at the 2000 census.
New Era is the birthplace of Caldecott Medal-winning children's author Verna Aardema.
The village is near the halfway point on the Hart-Montague Trail, and local businesses (including a trailside dairy bar popular during summer months) woo visiting cyclists as they pass by along the trail.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 461 people, 162 households, and 132 families residing in the village. The population density was 543.8 per square mile (209.4/km²). There were 169 housing units at an average density of 199.3 per square mile (76.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.66% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 1.52% from other races, and 2.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.34% of the population.
There were 162 households out of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $45,909, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $37,063 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,417. About 0.7% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Coordinates: 43°33′33″N 86°20′44″W / 43.55917°N 86.34556°W
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