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This anthology contains a diverse collection of essays written by respected authorities in the fields of nutrition, food technology, and food safety. Taken together, they offer a broad spectrum of views. Disparate viewpoints of complex issues are encapsulated in each chapter with the use of a question-and-response format. Students are encouraged to see the validity of divergent opinions, so that they may understand the topic inclusively. Important facts, perfect for report writing, are dispersed throughout in eye-catching boxed insets.

Editor Lucinda Almond has chosen the primary source writings in this book to introduce readers to the broadest spectrum of viewpoints on school violence. Written by respected experts in the field, these essays present contrasting opinions on issues such as gun control, video games, and violence education. Different viewpoints are organized into a question-and-response format in each chapter, allowing readers to easily summarize them. Contains extensive book and periodical bibliographies.

Editor Kevin Hillstrom tackles the very charged topic of religion and sexuality. Several essays are collected here that debate various issues relating to sexuality and religion. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate how religious beliefs shape sexual behavior, whether homosexuality should be condemned on religious grounds, whether believing in God is incompatible with reproductive rights, and what sexuality issues surround religious leaders.

Culture war is the conflict between traditionalist or conservative values and social democracy, progressive, or social liberal values in the Western world, and other countries. This collection of essays presents various topics relating to culture wars. How does the culture war affect politics in the United States? Is there a culture war between believers and humanists? Is the culture war going global? Is the culture war a matter of economics? These four questions are answered across four chapters of compelling pro versus con essays, providing readers with crucially needed balanced viewpoints.

An unfortunate reality in our world is that discrimination, no matter how many strides we make for equality, cannot be rid of easily. This collection of essays explains this tough topic to readers. Essays are in a pro versus con format so that multiple perspective activate the reader's critical thinking skills. Across four chapters, readers will address the state of discrimination in America, how it impacts society, whether affirmative action is effective, and whether the government has an impact on discrimination. Essay sources include the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Institute of Medicine, David L. Chambers, Richard Thompson Ford, Ruth Marcus, and Ishmael Reed.

Editor Karen Miller has compiled several fascinating essays that weave together topics and issues relating to family. What are some characteristics of the modern family? What dilemmas do would-be parents face? How does divorce affect children? Should the government make policies regarding families? These four questions are debated across four chapters, allowing readers to benefit from more than one intelligent viewpoint for every answer. Essay sources include Kara Dukakis, Judith Wallerstein, Deepak Bhargava, and Maxine Frith.

Editor Jamuna Carroll has compiled several pro versus con essays that debate and answer four major questions. What values do American youth hold? What behaviors do young people engage in? What risks do youths face? What would ensure the safety and health of young adults? By experiencing more than one intelligent opinion on each debated topic, readers will activate their critical reasoning skills in order to add to their own opinions. Superb essay sources include the Traditional Values Coalition, Barna Group, Corporation for National and Community Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Hilary Rodham Clinton. Mrs. Clinton happens to have the only honor out of the essayists to have raised an American child within the nation's White House, offering her a unique perspective on America's youth.

Illegal drug abuse costs American society 181 billion dollars a year in health care costs, lost workplace productivity, law enforcement, and legal costs. This anthology contains a collection of essays that present divergent viewpoints on the problems of and solutions to drug trafficking. Contrasting views are represented, introducing your readers to the broadest possible spectrum of opinions on the issues surrounding the drug trade. Each chapter asks a pertinent question about the topic, and the viewpoints that follow are grouped into "yes" and "no" categories. This unique approach provides readers with a concise view of divergent opinions on each topic.

Examines the issues of violence in media, including music lyrics and videos, television and movies, advertising, and video games.

This must-have volume presents a collection of articles in which authors debate the effect alcohol has on health. Readers will examine the extent society is harmed by alcohol, and what measures should be taken to reduce alcohol-related problems. They will learn what causes contribute to alcohol abuse. Fantastic essay sources include the Baldwin Research Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, International Center for Alcohol Policies, World Health Organization, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Today's media is focused on a pendulum of topics, at one side is constant coverage of reality stars who are famous for just being famous, and on the other side is constant reports of violence and violent crime at the local, national, and global level. What is the real story about violence? Across four chapters, readers will evaluate whether violence is a serious problem, the factors that contribute to human violence, the factors that lead to youth violence, and how society should respond to violence. Video games and gun control are among the specific topics presented.

According to the U.S. State Department, 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year, of which 80 percent are female and half are children. Prostitution is illegal and yet an American State openly allows it. These facts are evidence of a larger truth; the world of your reader is complicated and confusing. This collection of essays are arranged in a pro versus con format, so that the controversies of prostitution and sex trafficking become more accessible to understand. Is prostitution and sex trafficking a serious problem? How should society view prostitution? What factors contribute to prostitution and sex trafficking? What policies should govern prostitution? These four questions are answered across four chapters of fascinating essays.

Today's global economy cannot ignore what is known as a Third World country any longer as global citizens are asking for everyone to have the same liberties and resources as everyone else. Provide your readers with well-balanced opinions that they will form after weighing opposing viewpoints on issues about the Third World. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate the problems that the Third World faces, the impact of globalization, the state of democracy in the Third World, and whether the United States should assist Third World countries. Essay sources include the United Nations Population Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the World Bank.

Editor Viqi Wagner has compiled several essays in a for-or-against sequence that debate four major questions. Is species extinction a serious threat? Is global warming endangering plant and animal species? Are international efforts to preserve endangered species effective? How should humans respond to species decline? With more than one intelligent viewpoint to consider, readers will have a lot to think about. They will use critical thinking skills to develop their own intelligent opinions. This resource is also excellent for report-writing and researching. Superb essay sources include the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Environment News Service, and World Climate Report.

The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I, at the time the most devastating war in history. The expectations of those who negotiated the treaty, the responses to the treaty by those who were close observers or participants in the negotiations, and more recent assessments of the treaty are included in this fascinating anthology.

In this volume, authors and primary documents relate important events of the Civil War era and describe the relevance of these events to United States history. Chapters include: Tension Mounts Between the North and the South; The Civil War; The Reconstruction Era; The United States and the Native Americans Battle Over Land Rights; The Gilded Age.

The Peace achieved at the end of World War II quickly gave way to a tense standoff between the democratic west and the communist east. This anthology covers an era of international intrigue and domestic turmoil as America faced not only a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, but war in Southeast Asia and race riots at home.

The time between America's independence in 1784 and the year 1850 was an era of remarkable growth in territory and power for the new nation, as well as a time of social ferment and change. Americans created a constitutional government, expanded westward, and grappled with the problem of slavery.

The colonists of early America faced many hardships as they carved out a foothold in a strange new world. This volume traces the establishment of Jamestown, Plymouth, and other prominent settlements that gave shape to colonial America. Other topics include the Salem witchcraft trials, the relations between the colonists and the Native Americans, and the beginnings of plantation-style slavery.

The period of American history from 1750 to 1783 was revolutionary in more than one sense. Authors in this anthology examine the political and military events that led to American independence from Britain, as well as the many social and cultural changes that shaped early America.

In the chilly night of April 15, 1912, the luxury passenger liner Titanic slipped quietly beneath the waves of the North Atlantic Ocean. How could this engineering marvel, renowned for its safe and ultramodern design, have been fatally damaged by the light touch of a passing iceberg? This fascinating volume describes the Titanic disaster in the words of eyewitnesses, and through the articles of contemporary historians and engineers.