ISBN:
9780765683021
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1135 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Culture Wars : An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices
DDC:
306.0973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The term ""culture wars"" refers to the political and sociological polarisation that has characterised American society the past several decades. This new edition provides an enlightening and comprehensive A-to-Z ready reference, now with supporting primary documents, on major topics of contemporary importance for students, teachers, and the general reader. It aims to promote understanding and clarification on pertinent topics that too often are not adequately explained or discussed in a balanced context. With approximately 640 entries plus more than 120 primary documents supporting both sides
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Topic Finder; Contributors; Introduction to the First Edition: Culture Wars in America-Rhetoric and Reality; Introduction to the Second Edition; A-Z ENTRIES; A; Abortion; Abu Ghraib and Gitmo; Academic Bill of Rights; Academic Freedom; ACORN; Adelson, Sheldon; Adler, Mortimer J.; Affirmative Action; Afghanistan War; Afrocentrism; Age Discrimination; Agnew, Spiro T.; AIDS; Alexander, Jane; Ali, Muhammad; American Century; American Civil Liberties Union; American Civil Religion; American Exceptionalism; American Indian Movement
Description / Table of Contents:
Americans with Disabilities ActAndrogyny; Angelou, Maya; Animal Rights; Anti-Intellectualism; Anti-Semitism; Arnold, Ron; Arrow, Tre; Aryan Nations; Atheism; Atwater, Lee; Automobile Safety; B; Bachmann, Michele; Baez, Joan; Bailouts, Government; Bankruptcy Reform; Barbie Doll; Barton, David; Battle of Seattle; Beauty Pageants; Beck, Glenn; Behe, Michael J.; Bell Curve, The (1994); Bennett, William J.; Biafra, Jello; Biotech Revolution; Birth Control; Birther Movement; Black Panther Party; Black Radical Congress; Blackface; Blogs and Blogosphere; Bloomberg, Michael; Bob Jones University
Description / Table of Contents:
Boehner, JohnBono; Book Banning; Border Security; Bork, Robert; Boy Scouts of America; Bradley, Bill; Breitbart, Andrew; Brock, David; Brokaw, Tom; Brown, Helen Gurley; Brown v. Board of Education (1954); Bryant, Anita; Buchanan, Pat; Buckley, William F., Jr.; Budenz, Louis F.; Budget Deficit, Federal; Buffett, Warren; Bullard, Robert D.; Bunche, Ralph; Bush Family; Busing, School; Byrd, Robert C.; C; Campaign Finance Reform; Campolo, Anthony ""Tony""; Canada; Capital Punishment; Carson, Rachel; Carter, Jimmy; Catholic Church; Censorship; Central Intelligence Agency; Chambers, Whittaker
Description / Table of Contents:
Charter SchoolsChávez, César; Cheney Family; Chicago Seven; Chick, Jack; China; Chisholm, Shirley; Chomsky, Noam; Christian Coalition; Christian Radio; Christian Reconstructionism; Christmas; Church and State; Churchill, Ward; Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010); Civil Rights Movement; Cimate Change; Clinton, Bill; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Clinton Impeachment; Colbert, Stephen; Cold War; College Tuition and Student Debt; Colson, Chuck; Columbus Day; Comic Books; Comic Strips; Commager, Henry Steele; Common Cause; Commoner, Barry; Communists and Communism; Comparable Worth
Description / Table of Contents:
Compassionate ConservatismConfederate Flag; Conspiracy Theories; Contemporary Christian Music; Contract with America; Corporate Scandals; Corporate Welfare; Coulter, Ann; Counterculture; Country Music; Creationism and Intelligent Design; Cronkite, Walter; Cuba; Culture Jamming; D; Dean, Howard; Dean, James; Dean, John; Debt, Federal; Deconstructionism; DeLay, Tom; Deloria, Vine, Jr.; Demjanjuk, John; Democratic Party; Diversity Training; Dobson, James; Donahue, Phil; Douglas, William O.; Dr. Phil; Drilling, Oil and Gas; Drudge Report; Drug Testing; D'Souza, Dinesh; Du Bois, W.E.B.
Description / Table of Contents:
Dukakis, Michael
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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