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Social Issues in America : an Encyclopedia.

Truly comprehensive in scope - and arranged in A-Z format for quick access - this eight-volume set is a one-source reference for anyone researching the historical and contemporary details of more than 170 major issues confronting American society. Entries cover the full range of hotly contested soci...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ciment, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 8 |a Campaign Finance ReformVolume 2; 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; Defense Spending and Preparedness; Deforestation and Logging; Disability Rights; Volume 3; Divorce and Child Custody; Domestic Violence. 
505 8 |a Drought and Aquifer DepletionDrug Abuse; Drugs, War on; Eating Disorders; Energy Dependency; Environmental Justice; Environmentally Induced Illnesses; Euthanasia; Evolution Education; Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction; Farm Issues; Food and Drug Safety; Foster Care; Gambling; Gangs; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Genetic Engineering; Gentrification; Global Warming; Gulf War Syndrome and Other Veterans' Illnesses; Gun Violence and Gun Control; Volume 4; Hate Crimes; Hate Radio and Internet; Hate Speech; Healthcare Reform; Heart Disease and Cardiology; Homelessness. 
505 8 |a Housing, AffordableHuman Experimentation; Identity Theft; Immigration Policy and Law; Immigration, Illegal; Indoor Air Pollution; Infectious Disease and Epidemics; Infrastructure Deterioration; Intellectual Property Rights; Journalistic Ethics; Judicial Reform; Juvenile Justice; Legal Services for the Poor; Literacy; Mandatory Sentencing; Marijuana; Mass Transit; Media Bias; Media Consolidation; Volume 5; Media Sex and Violence; Medical Malpractice Reform; Medicare and Medicaid Reform; Medicine, Complementary and Alternative; Mental Illness; Migrant Workers; Militia Movement. 
505 8 |a Minimum and Living WagesMoney Laundering; 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; Obesity; Occupational Safety and Health; Organ and Tissue Transplants; Organic Foods; Organized Crime; Plagiarism, Literary and Artistic; Police Abuse and Corruption; Pornography; Volume 6; Poverty and Wealth; Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights; Privacy; Prostitution; Public Opinion Polling; Racial Profiling; Rape; Recycling and Conservation. 
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