Publication

2001 - ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

74,750 words, Guess

Page Count

299 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCHV4505 .H647 2001
  • LCCHV4505.H647 2001
  • DDC362.5/0973

Description

Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century. 24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world. Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.

Subjects

Genres

  • Handbooks, manuals, etc

Series Statement

  • Contemporary world issues

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