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Contemporary Issues Companion - Battered Women
Louise I. Gerdes
Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Sept. 1, 1998)Domestic violence affects women from all walks of life. Contributors to this anthology investigate the pattern of domestic violence and examine legal and other measures that can protect battered women. Personal narratives by women who were victims of domestic violence illustrate the problem.
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Intelligent Design Versus Evolution
Louise Gerdes
Paperback (Greenhaven, Dec. 10, 2007)Essays explore the debate between theories of intelligent design and evolution, discussing the role of science in assessing evolution, the impact of the controversy on the school curriculum, and the compatibility of Christianity and Darwinism.
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How Safe Is America's Infrastructure?
Louise I. Gerdes
Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 2, 2009)Books in this anthology series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by a variety of primary and secondary sources, including eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and others.
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How Safe Is America's Infrastructure?
Louise I. Gerdes
Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 2, 2009)Books in this anthology series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by a variety of primary and secondary sources, including eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and others.
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Contemporary Issues Companion - Drunk Driving
Louise I. Gerdes
Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Sept. 1, 2000)Drunk driving kills thousands of Americans each year. Essays discuss the problems related to drunk driving, solutions to those problems, the legal issues involved, and offer personal stories of tragedy and triumph.
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Legalizing Drugs
Louise I. Gerdes
Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, April 1, 2001)Examines the pros and cons of the question of whether drugs should be legalized.
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Medicine
Louise I. Gerdes
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 21, 2007)Presents articles that examine the pros and cons of controversial issues relating to health care in the United States, discussing such topics as universal health care, alternative medicine, stem cell research, and genetic testing.
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Contemporary Issues Companion - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Louise I. Gerdes
Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 15, 2002)In the 1960s and 1970s, many assumed that sexually transmitted diseases would soon be completely eradicated. But with the advent of AIDS and antibiotic-resistant strains of syphilis and gonorrhea, STDs once again became a serious problem. This anthology provides an overview of the most common STDs, concentrating on issues of prevention and treatment.
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Contemporary Issues Companion - Diabetes
Louise I. Gerdes
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 22, 2002)The rate of diabetes has sky-rocketed in recent years, and medical researchers warn that this upward trend has no end in sight. However, diabetes is also becoming more treatable, and the disease may be prevented by simple lifestyle changes. This fact-filled anthology examines the causes of diabetes, current treatments, and prevention techniques.
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Contemporary Issues Companion - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Louise I. Gerdes
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 15, 2002)In the 1960s and 1970s, many assumed that sexually transmitted diseases would soon be completely eradicated. But with the advent of AIDS and antibiotic-resistant strains of syphilis and gonorrhea, STDs once again became a serious problem. This anthology provides an overview of the most common STDs, concentrating on issues of prevention and treatment.
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The Cold War
Louise Gerdes
Paperback (Greenhaven, Feb. 14, 2003)The American Civil War began with division and culminated in devastation for both sides, a president slain and a bitter reconstruction ahead. The speeches in this volume represent the fierce sectional passions that led up to the war and accompanied its many swings in fortune; included are addresses by Lincoln, as great a pragmatist as he was idealist; by Confederate leaders such as Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens; by defenders of "King Cotton" and crusaders against the evils of slavery.
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Drunk Driving
Louise I. Gerdes
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Aug. 16, 2001)Drunk driving kills thousands of Americans each year. Essays discuss the problems related to drunk driving, solutions to those problems, the legal issues involved, and offer personal stories of tragedy and triumph.