united states

Explores how images in the media, including magazine advertisements and mail order catalogs, influenced how women saw themselves and helped them to be both fashionable and frugal in the 1930s and 1940s.

Draws on eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, and other resources to present opposing viewpoints about the debate over reality television and its impact on American society.

Presents examples of women's representations in magazines and other media during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and discusses changes in the ways women perceived themselves over the course of these decades.

Contains sixteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to military recruiters, including their exploitation of vulnerable teens, recruiting in schools, counter-recruitment efforts, recruiting quotas, and other topics; and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

Presents ten essays that argue opposing sides of racial issues in the U.S., such as whether racism undermines the judicial system, whether racial profiling is unfair, and whether the rise of white nationalist groups is a significant problem.

Presents photographs and text alongside images of handwritten manuscripts penned by Abraham Lincoln, and features speeches, letters, and childhood notebooks.

Introduces a discussion on America's infrastructure from a variety of perspectives, and details an overview of standards in the twenty-first century, areas of deficiency, and suggestions to improve things.

A collection of seventeen essays that addresses issues related to guns and crime, such as mass shootings, gun control, concealed-carry laws, gun-free zones, and unrestricted access to firearms.

Presents examples of women's representations in magazines and other media during the 1950s and 1960s and discusses changes in the ways women perceived themselves over the course of these decades.

Contains twelve articles that debate questions of whether work and/or extracurricular activities help or hinder the academic success of teenagers.