Publisher's Synopsis
This four-volume work brings together scholarship found in such Macmillan titles as "The Encyclopedia of Sociology", "The Encyclopedia of the American Constitution", "The Encyclopedia of Bioethics" and "Civil Rights in the United States", to create an accessible cross-curricular resource on contemporary topics of study and debate. Topics include: capital punishment; child abuse; ethnic conflict; family planning; gender issues; national security; popular culture; women's rights; and more.
