Evolution and Creationism

Christian C Young, Mark A Largent

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• As recently seen by the Kitzmiller vs. Dover case, the evolution versus creation debate never goes away. The best way to understand these debates is t... Lees meer

Endangered Species

Edward Weber

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• This book uses primary documents as a lens through which to examine historical and present-day efforts to protect endangered species in the United Sta... Lees meer

Gender Roles in American Life

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• In the centuries that have passed since colonial America was first established, gender roles in American society have undergone massive transformation... Lees meer

Substance Abuse in America

James A Swartz

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• This book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and... Lees meer

Vaccination and Its Critics

Lisa Rosner

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• This authoritative and unbiased narrative--supported by 50 primary source documents--follows the history of vaccination, highlighting essential medica... Lees meer

Terrorism

Vincent Burns, Kate Dempsey Peterson

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• Examining the roots of global terrorism and its current state, Terrorism: A Documentary and Reference Guide includes over 70 documents that illustrate... Lees meer

Victims' Rights

Douglas E Beloof

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• This invaluable one-stop reference source supplies students and general readers with historical and current information on the victims' rights revolut... Lees meer

Modern Slavery

Laura Lederer

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• This book provides a sobering look at modern-day slavery--which includes sex trafficking, domestic servitude, and other forms of forced labor--and doc... Lees meer

Gun Control

Robert J Spitzer

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• Gun control is one of the most enduringly controversial issues in modern American politics. For the first time this book compiles a comprehensive arra... Lees meer

Islamism

John Calvert

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• The past thirty years have witnessed the rise of political parties and other formal groups in the Middle East and elsewhere with Islamic agendas, a ph... Lees meer

Animal Rights and Welfare

Lawrence Baker

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• Through the use of primary source documents, readers can learn about key opinions and legislation in the important field of animal rights and welfare-... Lees meer

Civil Liberties and the State

Christopher Peter Latimer, Karen Friedman

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• This book covers documents and related information pertaining to civil liberties in America, including the debates over arbitrary state action, due pr... Lees meer

Arab-Israeli Conflict

Priscilla Roberts

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• Covering the Arab-Israeli conflict from its origins to the present, this valuable resource traces the evolution of this ongoing, seemingly unresolvabl... Lees meer

Attacks on the American Press

Jessica Roberts, Adam Maksl

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• This authoritative annotated document collection surveys and explains efforts to censor, intimidate, suppress--and reform and improve--news organizati... Lees meer

Free Speech and Censorship

Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman

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• This annotated document collection surveys the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding free speech and censorship in the United States, ... Lees meer

Culture Wars in America

Glenn Utter

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• This comprehensive documentary report on the cultural and political state of the union explores the flashpoints of the debate over American identity a... Lees meer

White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Gilbert Geis

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• This reference guide documents white-collar crimes by individuals and businesses over the past 150 years, offering the most comprehensive array of doc... Lees meer

Cyber Warfare

Paul Springer

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• Providing an invaluable introductory resource for students studying cyber warfare, this book highlights the evolution of cyber conflict in modern time... Lees meer

The Politics of Sexuality

Raymond Smith

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• Since the landmark 1965 Supreme Court ruling Griswold v. Connecticut established a Constitutional right to privacy, the regulation of sexuality has be... Lees meer

U.S. Election Campaigns

Thomas Baldino, Kyle Kreider

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• This book provides an analytical guide to the modern political campaign, chronologically covering key federal, state, and local campaign laws, electio... Lees meer

Abortion

Melody Rose

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• This thought-provoking reference work explores the evolution of America's heated abortion debate in a selection of over 40 primary documents from the ... Lees meer

Water Rights and the Environment in the United States

John Burch

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• This sweeping study traces the development of water policy in the United States from the 19th century to the present day, exploring the role of legisl... Lees meer

Homelessness

Neil Larry Shumsky

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• This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States--a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first E... Lees meer

U.S. Foreign Policy

Akis Kalaitzidis, Gregory Streich

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• A critical tool for the study of U.S. history, this volume offers an analysis of important documents and decisions in U.S. foreign policy from George ... Lees meer