This book provides a detailed introduction to the cloning of both plants and animals and discusses the important social, ethical, political, technical, and other issues related to the practice.
Food and Drink in American History is a three-volume compendium of information touching on a range of topics involving food, food production, ingredients, social aspects of food, historical personages
This comprehensive, two-volume work examines domestic abuse in the United States and worldwide, providing research, personal stories, and primary documents that reveal the extent of the problem.
General editor Graeme R. Newman (School of Criminal Justice, U. at Albany) is affiliated with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, and is an advisor to the United Nations (he founded the UN Crime
With its blend of accessible writing and actual excepts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions of the past 35 ye
This encyclopedia is a unique collection of entries covering the arrival, adaptation, and integration of immigrants into American culture from the 1500s to 2010.
This single-volume resource provides sound, up-to-date information and authoritative resources for research on the controversial topics of the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes an
This book documents hundreds of customs and traditions practiced in countries outside of the United States, showcasing the diversity of birth, coming-of-age, and death celebrations worldwide.‧ Examine
This fascinating multivolume set provides a unique resource for learning about early American history, including thematic essays, topical entries, and an invaluable collection of primary source docume
Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and non-academic, this reference book examines the history and development of prisons in the United States and addresses the principal cont
This go-to resource on substance abuse supplies the broad background knowledge and historical information needed to understand this important sociological issue and provides readers with a range of ad
This detailed two-volume set tells the story of the Cold War, the dominant international event of the second half of the 20th century, through a diverse selection of primary source documents.• Provide
A reference handbook to the social issue of tobacco use. Just as other volumes of "Contemporary World Issues" do, this volume presents an overview of the topic; a chronology of events, legislation, an
This up-to-date second-edition work will stimulate and clarify readers' thinking on the key issues surrounding guns in the United States—especially on the debate over gun control.• Provides a balanced
Same-sex marriage continues to be a polarizing subject in the United States and other parts of the world. This new edition of Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook brings readers up to date on the s
Disability—as with other marginalized topics in social policy—is at risk for exclusion from social debate. This multivolume reference work provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for peop
Thoroughly updated and featuring 75 new entries, this monumental four-volume work illuminates past and present events associated with civil rights and civil liberties in the United States.• Offers 686
Presenting compelling and current information about some of the most important food safety issues, this book is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in avoiding foodborne disease or understan
US forester and conservationist Sample and Cheng (natural resource history, policy, and sustainability, Colorado State U.-Fort Collins) provide a broad but quick reference to US forest conservation po
