Author: David Campos
Publisher: ABC-Clio Inc
Keywords: sex, education, issues, contemporary, reference, youth, handbook
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2002-05
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1576077764
ISBN-13: 9781576077764

An authoritative reference that discusses the history of sex education and its ramifications in the United States. While it may be a topic to which parents and educators would rather lend a deaf ear, sexual activity among adolescents is on the rise. How have sex education programs attempted to stem this trend? What can we do about moving forward in this age of mixed media messages? Community and school officials, parents, and educators often stay to the wee hours of the night at PTA meetings arguing about sex ed and sexual behavior among young people. While some groups preach abstinence and at

Author: Cynthia Clark Northrup
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Keywords: volume, encyclopedia, historical, economy, american
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2003-12
List price: $185.00
ISBN-10: 1576078663
ISBN-13: 9781576078662

This work is a comprehensive collection of entries, essays, and primary source documents emphasizing the importance of economic policy on all aspects of life in the USA. Up-to-date coverage gauges the impact of globalization and the Internet.

Author: Thomas Green
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: volume, encyclopedia, world, arts, martial
Number of Pages: 894
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $185.00
ISBN-10: 1576071502
ISBN-13: 9781576071502

the martial arts. Noted folklorist and anthropologist Thomas A. Green handpicked the best and brightest experts—both martial arts scholars and expert practitioners—to contribute the nearly 100 A-to-Z entries focusing on systems that exist outside contemporary military contexts.

Author: J. Gordon Melton
Publisher: ABC-Clio Inc
Keywords: history, illustrated, religions, american
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2000-08-01
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 1576072223
ISBN-13: 9781576072226

Features: - Written in clear, understandable language, this book traces the evolution of religion in America- Includes analysis of the emergence of the fundamentalism vs. modernism controversy- Explores the explosion of religious pluralism at the end of the millenium

Author: Ken Kersch
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: america, freedoms, law, liberties, speech, rights, freedom
Number of Pages: 395
Published: 2003-03-19
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1576076008
ISBN-13: 9781576076002

An innovative narrative approach combines history, politics, and legal doctrine to explore the origin and evolution of Americans’ constitutional right to free speech. The First Amendment’s declaration that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the Freedom of Speech" is the keystone of our democracy. However, the meaning of this freedom has changed significantly over the course of U.S. history. It has been shaped by judicial rulings, political power plays, economic crises, and changing social mores and traditions. In a field dominated by jargon-filled texts and march-of-progress t

Author: Ashish Vaidya
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: politics, vol, labor, trade, encyclopedia, globalization
Number of Pages: 968
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $185.00
ISBN-10: 1576078264
ISBN-13: 9781576078266

International trade is as old as nations. During the last five decades, however, advances in technology and transportation have changed the scope and method of international trade. Disputes rage about the effects of these changes; advocates for different positions offer argument, but little factual or theoretical analysis.Globalization offers all the information readers need to sort out the arguments. Written with the highest degree of scholarship, intended for college students or working professionals, the encyclopedia provides both introductory material to broad economic, legal, political, a

Author: Mark Grossman
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Keywords: power, greed, scandals, encyclopedia, corruption, america, political
Number of Pages: 466
Published: 2003-10
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 1576070603
ISBN-13: 9781576070604

The complete scandal-filled history of American political corruption focusing on the infamous people and cases, as well as society’s electoral and judicial reactions. America loves a good scandal. Since colonial times, there has been no shortage of politicians willing to take a bribe, skirt campaign finance laws, or act in their own interests. Corruption like the Whiskey Ring, Watergate, and whitewater cases dominate American life, making political scandal a leading U.S. industry. From judges to senators, presidents to mayors, Political Corruption In America discusses the infamous people