social change

Examines the progressive political climate in the United States during the 1960s, discusses the numerous government initiatives that were established, and explains why a time of such great change ended so quickly.

Examines the transformations that took place in America government, economy, and culture during the Reagan years, exploring how Ronald Reagan's policies and convictions impacted American society and world affairs.

Explores new research in neurobiology and psychology, comparing the relationship between people and their environments; and focuses on some of the problems individuals face in adulthood when their environment changes.

Draws on new findings to examine the ancestral human population that lived in Africa fifty thousand years ago, explaining how the human line evolved from African apes to humans with the unique gift of language.

Examines the ways in which social organizations such as the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues reflect life satisfaction, and suggests ways to rebuild the quality of American culture by a return to these types of activities.

Goodman's perspectives on urban life, family relationships, scientific ethics, political values, feminism, etc., form a document of our recent social history.

Explores how migration and settlement influence culture, and provides historical examples.

Readers will examine the evolution of Portugal and Spain, witnessing the rise of their earliest civilizations, their dramatic rivalry during the Age of Discovery, their days as empire-builders, their struggles through authoritarian regimes, and their emergence as independent nations and members of the European Union.

Readers will follow Italys trajectory from a land of disparate barbarian kingdoms to a republic, discovering along the way the glories of the Medici period, the factors influencing Italys development into one of the worlds most industrialized countries, and the diverse society that makes up its population.

This all-encompassing volume profiles Germany from antiquity to the present day, examining its layered past, including its transition from a world power to a divided state and the major economic strides it has made since unification.