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Contemporary World Issues




Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. ABC-CLIO's Contemporary World Issues series explores—topic by topic—the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21st century.

24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution—informed authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.

A world of questions. A library of answers. The titles in the Contemporary World Issues series cover the hot-button topics that students, readers, and citizens want to read about, write about, and know more about. Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, this series provides historical background, contemporary context, and resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.

Highlights
  • Thematic essay and topical entry formats
  • Extensive resources for further research
  • Coverage of critical issues facing America and the world
Features
  • Exhaustive introductory essay
  • Chronology of key events, movements, and legislation
  • Biographies of important individuals
  • Directory of important private organizations and government agencies
  • Annotated guide to print and nonprint resources
  • Extensive statistical resources in tabular and graph form
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160 titles in Contemporary World Issues
 
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Abortion in the United States
A Reference Handbook
10/2007
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Adoption
A Reference Handbook
06/1998
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Adoption
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
03/2007
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Affirmative Action
A Reference Handbook
11/1999
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Agricultural Crisis in America
A Reference Handbook
01/2000
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American Families in Crisis
A Reference Handbook
03/2009
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American Homelessness, Third Edition
A Reference Handbook
07/2001
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America's International Trade
A Reference Handbook
07/1995
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Animal Rights
A Reference Handbook
12/1994
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Animal Rights
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
10/2009
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Antisemitism
A Reference Handbook
11/2004
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Biodiversity
A Reference Handbook
06/1998
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Campaign and Election Reform
A Reference Handbook
12/1997
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Campaign and Election Reform
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
06/2008
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Capital Punishment, Second Edition
A Reference Handbook
12/2001
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Censorship in America
A Reference Handbook
08/1999
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Chemical and Biological Warfare
A Reference Handbook
07/2003
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Chemical and Biological Warfare
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
11/2006
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Childhood Sexual Abuse
A Reference Handbook
11/1995
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Childhood Sexual Abuse
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
01/2007
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Children's Rights
A Reference Handbook
10/1996
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Civil Liberties in America
A Reference Handbook
04/2004
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Climate Change
A Reference Handbook
03/2009
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Conflicts over Natural Resources
A Reference Handbook
01/2007
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Consumer Culture
A Reference Handbook
11/2003
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Consumer Fraud
A Reference Handbook
12/1998
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Corporate Crime
A Reference Handbook
03/2008
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Counterterrorism
A Reference Handbook
09/2004
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Courts and Trials
A Reference Handbook
02/2003
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Crime in America
A Reference Handbook
12/1996
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Cults in America
A Reference Handbook
11/1998
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Cults
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
05/2005
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Cybercrime
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10/2004
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Dating and Sexuality in America
A Reference Handbook
11/2003
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Defendant Rights
A Reference Handbook
09/2004
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DNA Technology
A Reference Handbook
11/2009
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Domestic Violence
A Reference Handbook
12/1995
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Domestic Violence
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
12/2007
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Drug Use
A Reference Handbook
05/2004
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Education in Crisis
A Reference Handbook
05/2009
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Emergency Management
A Reference Handbook
01/2008
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Endangered Species
A Reference Handbook
10/1998
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Energy Use Worldwide
A Reference Handbook
07/2007
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Environmental Activism
A Reference Handbook
01/2003
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Environmental Justice
A Reference Handbook
10/1996
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Environmental Justice
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
07/2009
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Espionage
A Reference Handbook
08/2003
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Euthanasia
A Reference Handbook
12/1996
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Euthanasia
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
11/2007
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Families in America
A Reference Handbook
06/2002
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Feminism
A Reference Handbook
07/1998
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Food Safety
A Reference Handbook
11/2000
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Food Safety
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
05/2007
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Forest Conservation Policy
A Reference Handbook
12/2003
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Forest Fires
A Reference Handbook
05/2005
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Freshwater Issues
A Reference Handbook
04/2003
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Gangs
A Reference Handbook
09/1996
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Gangs
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
10/2008
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Gay and Lesbian Issues
A Reference Handbook
05/2003
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Gay and Lesbian Rights
A Reference Handbook
08/1994
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Gay and Lesbian Rights
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
10/2009
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Genetic Engineering
A Reference Handbook
06/1999
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Genetic Engineering
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
08/2006
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Global AIDS Crisis
A Reference Handbook
12/2004
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The Global Refugee Crisis
A Reference Handbook
12/1994
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Globalization
A Reference Handbook
08/2008
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Gun Control in the United States
A Reference Handbook
06/2006
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Gun Control
A Reference Handbook
12/1995
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Hate Crimes
A Reference Handbook
04/1999
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Hate Crimes
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
04/2005
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Healthcare Reform in America
A Reference Handbook
06/2004
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Human Rights Worldwide
A Reference Handbook
06/2006
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Human Rights, 2nd Edition
A Reference Handbook
12/1998
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Hurricanes
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
11/2005
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Identity Theft
A Reference Handbook
12/2009
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Illegal Immigration
A Reference Handbook
12/2006
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Illicit Trafficking
A Reference Handbook
06/2005
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Indoor Pollution
A Reference Handbook
09/1998
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Intellectual Property
A Reference Handbook
04/2007
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International Environmental Disputes
A Reference Handbook
12/2005
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The Internet and Society
A Reference Handbook
12/2006
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Invasion of Privacy
A Reference Handbook
08/2005
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Juvenile Justice
A Reference Handbook
11/2005
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Legalized Gambling, 2nd Edition
A Reference Handbook
12/1997
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Lobbying in America
A Reference Handbook
03/2009
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Mainline Christians and U.S. Public Policy
A Reference Handbook
07/2007
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Media and American Courts
A Reference Handbook
06/2004
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Media and Politics in America
A Reference Handbook
04/2003
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Mental Health in America
A Reference Handbook
03/2007
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MIAs
A Reference Handbook
12/1998
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Militias in America
A Reference Handbook
12/1996
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Modern Sports Ethics
A Reference Handbook
06/2009
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Nation-Building
A Reference Handbook
06/2004
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Native American Issues
A Reference Handbook
10/1996
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Native American Issues
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
08/2005
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Natural Disasters: Floods
A Reference Handbook
05/2000
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Natural Disasters: Hurricanes
A Reference Handbook
12/1999
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New Information Revolution
A Reference Handbook
12/1996
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New Slavery
A Reference Handbook
11/2000
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New Slavery
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
07/2005
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Nuclear Power
A Reference Handbook
10/2000
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Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation
A Reference Handbook
10/2002
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Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
08/2007
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Obesity
A Reference Handbook
06/2009
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Ocean Politics and Policy
A Reference Handbook
04/2003
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Organized Crime
A Reference Handbook
11/1995
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The Ozone Dilemma
A Reference Handbook
07/1995
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Police Misconduct in America
A Reference Handbook
08/2001
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Policing in America
A Reference Handbook
08/2007
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Pornography in America
A Reference Handbook
09/2000
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Prisons in America
A Reference Handbook
11/1999
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Profiling and Criminal Justice in America
A Reference Handbook
09/2004
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Public Schooling in America
A Reference Handbook
11/1991
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Punishment in America
A Reference Handbook
04/2005
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America
A Reference Handbook
10/2003
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Racial Justice in America
A Reference Handbook
09/2003
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Rainforests of the World, Second Edition
A Reference Handbook
08/2001
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Rape in America
A Reference Handbook
06/1995
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Recycling in America, 2nd Edition
A Reference Handbook
11/1997
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Religion and Politics
A Reference Handbook
02/2002
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Religion in the Schools
A Reference Handbook
09/1998
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The Religious Right, Second Edition
A Reference Handbook
08/2001
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Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources
A Reference Handbook
08/2008
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Reproductive Issues in America
A Reference Handbook
08/2003
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Rich and Poor in America
A Reference Handbook
05/2008
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School Violence
A Reference Handbook
09/1997
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Sentencing
A Reference Handbook
06/2007
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Sexual Crime
A Reference Handbook
12/2009
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Sexual Harassment, 2nd Edition
A Reference Handbook
12/1997
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Sexual Health
A Reference Handbook
12/2009
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Single Parents
A Reference Handbook
03/1999
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Tax Reform
A Reference Handbook
12/2000
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Tobacco
A Reference Handbook
11/2001
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U.S. Homeland Security
A Reference Handbook
10/2005
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U.S. Immigration
A Reference Handbook
12/2003
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U.S. Military Service
A Reference Handbook
01/2007
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U.S. National Security
A Reference Handbook
09/2002
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U.S. National Security
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
01/2008
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U.S. Social Security
A Reference Handbook
05/2008
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U.S. Trade Issues
A Reference Handbook
10/2009
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The United Nations System
A Reference Handbook
11/2005
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Urban Sprawl
A Reference Handbook
11/2000
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The USA Patriot Act
A Reference Handbook
08/2004
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Victims' Rights
A Reference Handbook
12/1997
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Violence and the Media
A Reference Handbook
08/1996
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Violence in the Media
A Reference Handbook
03/2005
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Violent Children
A Reference Handbook
06/1995
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Voting in America
A Reference Handbook
05/2004
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War Crimes and Justice
A Reference Handbook
11/2002
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Waste Management
A Reference Handbook
11/2008
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Water Quality and Availability
A Reference Handbook
06/1992
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Welfare Reform
A Reference Handbook
12/1996
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Wilderness Preservation
A Reference Handbook
08/1994
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Women and Equality in the Workplace
A Reference Handbook
10/2003
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Women in Prison
A Reference Handbook
03/2003
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Women in the Third World
A Reference Handbook
10/1997
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Work and Family in America
A Reference Handbook
08/2001
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World Population
A Reference Handbook
08/2001
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World Population
A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
06/2006
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World Poverty
A Reference Handbook
09/2004
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