Social issues in America : an encyclopedia / James Ciment, editor.
Truly comprehensive in scope -- and arranged in A-Z format for quick access -- this monumental eight-volume set is a one-source reference for anyone researching the historical and contemporary details of major issues confronting American society.
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Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a A -- Abortion and Reproductive Issues -- Academic Freedom -- Adoption -- Advertising, Children's -- Affirmative Action -- Ageism -- AIDS/HIV -- Air Pollution -- Air Travel: Safety, Security, and Service -- Alcohol and Alcoholism -- Animal Rights -- Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence -- Anti-Semitism -- Arson -- Arts Funding and Censorship -- At-Risk Students: Higher Education -- Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder -- Autism -- Automobile and Highway Safety -- B -- Bilingualism -- Birth Control -- C -- Campaign Finance Reform -- Cancer -- Capital Punishment -- Census Issues -- Cheating, Academic -- Child Abuse and Molestation -- Child Labor -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- Church-State Separation -- Civil Liberties -- Civil Rights -- Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection -- College Sports -- Computer Crime and Hacking -- Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy -- Corporal Punishment -- Corporate Crime -- Corporate Downsizing -- Crime -- Criminal Rights -- "Cults" and Alternative Religions -- D -- Defense Spending and Preparedness -- Deforestation and Logging -- Disability Rights -- Divorce and Child Custody -- Domestic Surveillance -- Domestic Violence -- Drought and Aquifer Depletion -- DRUG ABUSE -- Drugs, War On -- E -- Eating Disorders -- Energy Dependency -- Environmental Justice -- Environmentally Induced Illnesses -- Euthanasia -- Evolution Education -- Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction -- F -- Farm Issues -- Food and Drug Safety -- Foster Care -- G -- Gambling -- Gangs -- Gay and Lesbian Rights -- Genetic Engineering -- Gentrification -- Global Warming -- Gulf War Syndrome and Other Veterans' Illnesses -- Gun Violence and Gun Control -- H -- Hate Crimes -- Hate Radio and Internet -- Hate Speech -- Health Care Reform -- Heart Disease and Cardiology -- Homelessness -- Housing, Affordable -- Human Experimentation -- I -- Identity Theft -- Immigration Policy and Law -- Immigration, Illegal -- Indoor Air Pollution -- Infectious Disease and Epidemics. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Infrastucture Deterioration -- Intellectual Property Rights -- J -- Journalistic Ethics -- Judicial Reform -- Juvenile Justice -- L -- Legal Services for the Poor -- Literacy -- M -- Mandatory Sentencing -- Marijuana -- Mass Transit -- Media Bias -- Media Consolidation -- Media Sex and Violence -- Medical Malpractice Reform -- Medicare and Medicaid Reform -- Medicine, Complementary and Alternative -- Mental Illness -- Migrant Workers -- Militia Movement -- Minimum and Living Wages -- Money Laundering -- N -- Native Americans and Government Policy -- Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief -- Needle Exchange Programs -- Noise Pollution -- Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) Issues -- Nuclear Power and Waste -- Nuclear Weapons -- O -- Obesity -- Occupational Safety and Health -- Organ and Tissue Transplants -- Organic Foods -- Organized Crime -- P -- Plagiarism, Literary and Artistic -- Police Abuse and Corruption -- Pornography -- Poverty and Wealth -- Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights -- Privacy -- Prostitution -- Public Opinion Polling -- R -- Racial Profiling -- Rape -- Recycling and Conservation -- Redlining, Loan Discrimination, and Predatory Lending -- Rioting -- S -- School Standards and Testing -- School Violence -- School Vouchers and Privatization -- Scientific Research Ethics -- Secrecy, Government -- Sex Education -- Sexual Harassment -- Single Parenting and Out-of-Wedlock Births -- Social Security Reform -- Space Exploration -- Special Education -- Stem Cell Research -- Stress -- Students' Rights -- Suicide -- Superstores vs. Main Street -- Sweatshops -- T -- Taxes and Tax Reform -- Term Limits -- Terrorism, Domestic -- Terrorism, Foreign -- Terrorism, War on -- Tobacco -- Tort Reform -- Torture -- Toxic Waste -- Traffic Congestion -- U -- Unemployment -- Unions -- Urban Sprawl -- V -- Veterans' Care and Benefits -- Voluntarism and Volunteering -- Voting Issues -- W -- Waste Disposal -- Water Pollution -- Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Welfare and Welfare Reform -- Wilderness Protection -- Women's Rights -- X -- Xenophobia and Nativism. | |
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