Taking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues / edited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna.

Taking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues / edited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna.

Alternate Title
: 
Clashing views on controversial social issues

Publication Date
: 
1996

Publication Information
: 
Guilford, Conn. : Dushkin Pub. Group/Brown & Benchmark,

Edition
: 
9th ed.

Physical Description
: 
392 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Social conflict -- United States.
 
Social problems.

Geographic Term
: 
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
 
United States -- Social policy -- 1993-

Additional Contributors
: 
Finsterbusch, Kurt, 1935-
 
McKenna, George.

Summary
: 
This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in global issues through readings that reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. The Taking Sides readers feature annotated listings of selected World Wide Web sites.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780697312952


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic RefAdult Non-Fiction Reference306 T13Encyclopedias