The Right to Die Debate

Marjorie B Zucker

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Rapid changes in medical care and in society's attitudes about death have made the right-to-die debate a timely topic, but its roots can be traced bac... Lees meer

Affirmative Action

Jo Ann Robinson

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Examining affirmative action and its history through these 400 documents that trace its roots and development, this work is an invaluable reference re... Lees meer

Sexual Harassment in America

Laura W Stein

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• The controversial topic of sexual harassment in the United States is explored in this unique collection of over 90 documents. The political and social... Lees meer

Genetic Engineering

Thomas a Shannon

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Explore the late 20th-century history and development of plant, animal, and human genetics in this collection of 135 documents. Included are samples o... Lees meer

Equal Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience

Robert P Green Jr

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Trace the roots of the concept of equal protection from the American Revolution and the formation of the Constitution through its application today us... Lees meer

Constitutional Debates on Freedom of Religion

Gerald Long, John J Patrick

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Debates over the separation or accommodation of religion and government have divided Americans since the founding of our country and continue to echo ... Lees meer

Major Crises in Contemporary American Foreign Policy

Russell D Buhite

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• From the Cold War to the Persian Gulf War, the high drama of America's contemporary foreign policy crises comes to life in this collection of primary ... Lees meer

Capital Punishment in the United States

Cynthia Morris, Bryan Vila

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Both sides of the highly charged capital punishment debate in the United States are examined in this breakthrough collection of 112 key documents, arr... Lees meer

Women's Rights in the United States

Vivian C Fox, Winston Langley

• Paperback | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• The 125 historical documents in this unique volume bring to life the triumphs, disappointments, and enduring contributions of women's struggle for equ... Lees meer

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Laws and Issues

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• A collection of over 100 primary documents which explore immigration and naturalization issues throughout American history. They include court cases a... Lees meer

The Gun Control Debate

Marjolijn Bijlefeld

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Both the history of the gun control debate, as well as the focus the debate will take in the future, are explored in this unique collection of over 20... Lees meer

States' Rights and American Federalism

Frederick D Drake, Lynn Nelson

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• The debate over states' rights versus federalism in America is one that has raged since our country's founding. Arguments over the interpretation of t... Lees meer

Fair Trial Rights of the Accused

Ronald Banaszak

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Use this collection of over 60 primary documents to trace the evolution of trial rights from English and colonial beginnings to our contemporary under... Lees meer

Founding the Republic

John J Patrick

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Unique to this collection are documents relating to the establishment of constitutional governments in the original 13 states, debate over the Bill of... Lees meer

Free Expression in America

Sheila Kennedy

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• Freedom of speech is a foundational principle of the American Constitutional system. This collection of over 100 primary documents from a variety of s... Lees meer

The Abortion Controversy

Eva R Rubin

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• This collection brings together for the first time the key primary documents in the history of the abortion controversy in the United States. Organize... Lees meer

The Role of Police in American Society

Cynthia Morris, Bryan Vila

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• From the night watchmen of the 17th century to the highly publicized Rodney King hearings, the history and development of police policy and the role o... Lees meer

The AIDS Crisis

Douglas a Feldman, Julia Miller

• Hardcover | Engels | Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issue
• AIDS has grown in just two decades from a rare disease to one that has already killed millions of men, women, and children worldwide. To help high sch... Lees meer