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Title Culture wars in America : an encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices / Roger Chapman and James Ciment, editors.

Publication Info. Armonk, New York : M.E. Sharpe, [2014]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.

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Edition Second edition.
Description 1 online resource (680 entries) : 96 images ; digital files.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction to the second edition: Culture wars revisited -- Introduction to the first edition: Culture wars in America - rhetoric and reality -- A-Z Entries -- Primary documents: Abortion; Academic freedom; Affirmative Action; Afghanistan War; Birther Movement; Campaign finance reform; Capital punishment; Church and state; Climate change; College tuition and student debt; Corporate scandals; Corporate welfare; Creationism and intelligent design; Debt, federal; Drilling, oil and gas; Election of 2012; Gays in the military; Gun control; Health care; Illegal immigrants; Iran, relations with; Iraq War; Labor unions; Media bias; Medical Marijuana; Muslim Americans; Obesity epidemic; Occupy Movement; Pensions, public; Pornography; Public Broadcasting Service; Racial profiling; Recession of 2007-2009; Right to die; Same-sex marriage; Social security; Stem-cell research; Supreme Court, U.S.; Vietnam War; Voter fraud and voter ID laws; WikiLeaks; Women in the military.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary The term "culture wars" refers to the political and sociological polarization that has characterized 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.
Form Also available in print.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Culture conflict -- Encyclopedias.
Politics and culture -- Encyclopedias.
Social problems -- Encyclopedias.
Social conflict -- Encyclopedias.
Ethnic conflict -- Encyclopedias.
Culture conflict -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Politics and culture -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Chapman, Roger, 1960- editor of compilation.
Ciment, James, editor of compilation.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Culture wars.
Other Form: Print version: 0765683024 9780765683021 (DLC) 2013017780 3 volumes (xxxiv, 1024, 174 pages) : illustrations
ISBN 9781784027087 electronic version
9780765683021 print

 
    
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