social problems

An index to the topics and issues covered in the twenty-volume Taking Sides Library.

Contains alphabetized articles on approximately 160 social issues in the U.S., describing their histories, major aspects, and debates and controversies, and provides a chronology, further reading list, glossary, and documents with each.

Presents a relentless indictment against the callous greed of the Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy.

Helps teachers and librarians choose materials that deal with divorce, death, substance abuse, and child abuse.

Authors offer opinions on the advantages of the wealthy, the opportunities of minorities, and the discrimination women face in the workplace.

Contains 265 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information on a variety of issues in history, government, sociology, economics, Earth science, environmental studies, and health, and includes glossaries, illustrations, and cross-references.

Contains 632 alphabetically arranged entries, with cross references, that discuss various topics related to social problems, which includes the life course, change, crime, education, health, housing, poverty, race, social movements, substance abuse, and more.

Presents facts and statistics on several aspects of poverty and homelessness in the U.S., covering such topics as public programs, the low-income housing issue, malnutrition, and characteristics of the homeless population.

Albert Corde, newspaperman turned academic, accompanies his wife to visit her dying mother in Bucharest. At home in Chicago, his magazine articles and involvement in a student murder scandal have him in the middle of a raging controversy.

Conservatism's most outspoken champion offers his insights and predictions regarding various social and political issues.