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Food Insecurity
A Reference Handbook
Av William D. Schanbacher, Whitney Fung Uy
Häftad, 2026
318 kr
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This comprehensive and authoritative one-stop resource examines the issue of food insecurity in the United States, including the various economic, social, political, and cultural factors that drive the problem.Social welfare agencies, schools, food banks, and other organizations have all put forth …
Environmental Hazards
Air Pollution
Av E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller
Inbunden, 1989
713 kr
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Public Schooling in America
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1991
713 kr
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Beginning with a brief history of public education in the U.S., Public Schooling in America examines traditional and progressive movements and the current goal of combining educational excellence with equality of access. The author discusses major contemporary issues such as how schools are …
Water Quality and Availability
A Reference Handbook
Av E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller
Inbunden, 1992
713 kr
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Designed to serve as both a one-stop information source and a guide to in depth exploration, this eye-opening volume examines the availability and quality of our most fundamental resource—water.Solidly grounded in scientific fact and historical and environmental realities, Water Quality and …
Ozone Dilemma
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1995, 12-15 år
734 kr
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This intriguing volume gives readers a thorough understanding of all sides of the ozone debate.A 190 year chronology tracks our growing understanding of the ozone layer
Rape in America
A Reference Handbook
Av Rob Hall
Inbunden, 1995
713 kr
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This handbook presents an overview of the historical and social context of rape in America.Rape in America covers topics such as major law enforcement, the judicial system, and correctional system trends in dealing with both the rapist and the victim. Also included is an analysis of the types and …
Wilderness Preservation
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1994
713 kr
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This fact-filled resource helps readers understand the issues surrounding wilderness, preservation, and conservation.Here, in a single, unbiased volume, can be found the views and opinions that will shape America's landscape for future generations. Government management of the public domain is …
Agricultural Crisis in America
A Reference Handbook
Av Dana L. Hoag
Inbunden, 2000
713 kr
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Providing a thorough summary of the challenges facing our agricultural industry, this book investigates problems and considers solutions, examining issues relevant to the viability of America's farms.In Agricultural Crisis in America, topics of importance to the vitality of America's farms are …
Children's Rights
A Reference Handbook
Av Beverly Edmonds, William R. Fernekes
Inbunden, 1996
713 kr
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If children’s rights are integral aspects of commonly accepted universal human rights of the late twentieth century, then why are the United States and other countries unsuccessful in guaranteeing all children their rights? This book seeks to explain how children’s rights originated, what they are, …
America's International Trade
A Reference Handbook
Av E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller
Inbunden, 1995
734 kr
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Violent Children
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1995
713 kr
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This volume presents a balanced survey of children and violence in the United States—specifically those children who commit acts such as murder, rape, and assault.The physical, cultural, social, economic, and legal aspects of this pressing issue are explored in detail in Violent Children. Topics …
Endangered Species
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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An extensive list of print and nonprint resources is provided to facilitate further research. With the world's attention now focused on this vital issue, this volume will prove indispensable to school, public, and academic libraries.Includes biographical sketches of individuals and organizations …
Crime in America
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1996
713 kr
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This volume approaches the full spectrum of crime as an issue in American society today, describing trends in various types of crime and the more recent rise of computer- and technology-related crime.Crime in America presents different viewpoints on the control of crime, anti-crime efforts through …
Violence and the Media
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1996
713 kr
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This handbook presents the views of those who believe violence in the media causes violent behavior and those who remain unconvinced that any such relationship exists, and examines the results of studies on violence in the media and recommendations for its control.The controversial relationship …
Welfare Reform
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1996
713 kr
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Welfare Reform presents the contemporary debate about welfare reform in the United States with an unbiased, objective point of view.Welfare Reform examines a wide range of programs and assistance policies of the U.S. federal and state governments. The opening essay sorts out which programs are …
New Information Revolution
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1996
713 kr
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The era of the new information revolution is arriving faster than any other era in the history of humanity—and its implications for communication, work, democracy, and education are discussed in detail in this volume.New Information Revolution includes coverage of universal access, the potential …
Affirmative Action
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1999
713 kr
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This award winning handbook presents the views of both advocates and critics of the argument that government policies can establish gender and racial equality.In Affirmative Action: A Reference Handbook, recent events such as the end of affirmative action in California are examined along with their …
Militias in America
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1996
713 kr
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This volume provides readers with a historical overview of prominent militias and other extremist groups and offers extensive insights into their nature and ideology.Militias in America delves extensively into the nature and ideology of today's prominent militia groups, including the Michigan …
Religion in the Schools
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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Religion in the Schools examines the many facets of this complex subject, including prayer in the schools, the teaching of evolution, and other issues that continue to generate controversy. It provides a broad overview of the subject, as well as a detailed examination of the underpinnings of the …
Victims' Rights
A Reference Handbook
Av Leigh Glenn
Inbunden, 1997
713 kr
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In the past 20 years, the victims' rights movement has gathered momentum, often succeeding in its attempts to turn the tables on laws and legislation that traditionally loaded the scales of justice in favor of criminal defendants.Victims' Rights explores this movement and its implications in detail …
Recycling in America
A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition
Inbunden, 1997
713 kr
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The field of recycling is in constant motion. Although recycling has occurred in nature for billions of years (there is approximately the same amount of water on the planet now as there was when the planet was created), we humans have only adopted recycling on a large scale in the last 30 years or …
Feminism
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1998
854 kr
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While its primary focus is the United States, Feminism also examines how multiculturalism and global thinking have infused today's feminists with a sense of widened responsibility for girls and women worldwide. Readers will find a cultural overview of society's changing perception of women and a …
Indoor Pollution
A Reference Handbook
Av E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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Indoor Pollution educates concerned readers about the sources of indoor pollutants, the illnesses associated with them, and the measures used to control them. Readers will also find a comprehensive listing of relevant laws and regulations, a directory of organizations, a complete bibliography, and …
Women in the Third World
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1997
713 kr
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Provides a balanced survey of existing literature on women throughout the third world.Women in the Third World discusses topics such as the status of women; access to and enrollment in schools and universities; access to medical care; legal status; actions that husbands can take against their wives …
Biodiversity
A Reference Handbook
Av Anne Becher
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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Current threats to biodiversity, extinction of species, and major changes in human behavior that experts think are needed to conserve existing biodiversity are all addressed. Successful examples of biodiversity conservation provide a hopeful conclusion for the book. Filled with data, anecdotes, and …
MIAs
A Reference Handbook
Inbunden, 1998
734 kr
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MIAs addresses an issue that is both timeless and timely. Many families of those missing in action in Vietnam have not given up hope of learning the truth about their loved ones. This volume provides an overview of issues related to U.S. soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam conflict, along …
