Presents opposing views on issues related to population growth. Examines whether there is a population problem and debates the impact of population growth on the environment, world hunger, and humanity's survival. Considers the effects of immigration on America's population as well as the legitimacy of population control policies.
Traces the history of worldwide oil dependence and identifies the interrelations between oil, geo-politics, and high finance. Explores the threats to worldwide security as oil reserves dwindle and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
Examines the economic impact of environmental regulations on businesses and individuals through the environmental issues of endangered species, wilderness areas, and trash disposal.
how the gamer generation is reshaping business forever
Beck, John C
2004
Examines the impact the gamer generation will have on the future of business, and maintains that gaming has created a generation of employees with risk taking, multitasking, and leadership capabilities.
one couple's unlikely adventures in eating in America
Greenslate, Christopher
2010
Kerri Leonard and Christopher Greenslate recount their efforts to change the way they think about food and the food industry by trying to eat on one dollar a day, as well as their attempts to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a limited budget and to try and live off the national food stamp allotment of $4.13 a day.
Essays and photographs describe how the war effort, a housing shortage, and urban planning changed the United States and the shape of the American dream.
Explains how globalization is shaping world affairs, how it replaced the Cold War system, how it is creating a single global market, its influence on domestic policies, and other related topics.
the impact of World War I on women workers in the United States
Greenwald, Maurine Weiner
1990
Studies American women wage earners in the First World War era, and uses case studies to explore the war's direct effects on female employment and its relation to long-term social and economic changes in the nature and structure of work in the United States.
Offers an overview of the links between economics and science, describing how the economy is influenced by natural disasters and global warming and highlighting key economic booms throughout history.
