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Health and Disease
This essential and fascinating book explores the effects of global warming on human health. Readers will study the impacts of extreme cold snaps, and issues arising from aridity. They will evaluate the health dangers posed by hurricanes and floods. They will learn about diminished air capacity from smog, pollution, the ozone, and aero-allergens. This book also compellingly presents details about global warming and infectious disease, plus food security and food safety.
Little Rock Nine
This must-have volume explores the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine crisis. Collected essays provide the historical background, from sources such as the National Park Service and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Controversies are then explored, including whether President Eisenhower acted wisely in sending federal troops to Little Rock. After controversies are explained, reader are then presented with compelling first-hand accounts of the experience, by people who lived through it. Readers hear from notables such as Minnijean Brown Trickey, Thelma Mothershed Wair, and Elizabeth Eckford.
Disasters
There is no place on Earth that is disaster-proof. We can build special structures, but we cannot control the nature and power of a disaster. This must-have book takes readers around the world to learn about disasters from international points of view. Readers will evaluate the causes of disasters, and the relationships between disasters and social issues, politics, and preparedness. Readers will learn about responses to aftermaths as well. Viewpoints are shared from such cultures and places as Africa, China, England, Haiti, Brazil, Japan, and Rwanda.
Religion
This must-have volume explores current trends in religion around the world, such as the spread of Pentecostal Christianity, a religious revival in China, growth of Buddhism in New Zealand, and U.S. efforts toward Jewish-Muslim understanding. Readers will learn about religion in relation to science, education, and politics. This book also discusses violence and religious practice, including China's oppression of Tibetan Buddhists, and religious strife in Northern Ireland. Stirring essays sources include His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, and South Asian Councils of Churches.
Education
This internationally focused volume treats readers to a look at education from several non-American viewpoints. Readers will evaluate barriers to education, education reform, education and technology, and education's relationship with religion. Cultures and places examined include the Czech Republic, Scotland, England, Thailand, Australia, Russia, Nigeria, and Pakistan. This volume can also be used for report-writing and research. Superb essay sources include the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, AsiaPulse News, Amnesty International, Isaac Echezonam Anyira, Dugald Jellie, and Michael Bowker.
Indigenous Peoples
This must-have volume delivers contemporary perspectives on the subject of indigenous peoples, with the majority of the material reflecting stances of countries other than the United States. Across four chapters, readers will explore the past treatment of indigenous peoples, current issues that they face, what their relationship is to natural resources, and how we can preserve indigenous cultures. Various cultures that readers will be exposed to in this collection include Australia, Canada, Marshall Island, Latin America, Maya, Africa, Torres Strait, and Malaysia. Helpful features include an annotated table of contents, a world map and country index, bibliography, and subject index.
Death and Dying
This book offers a collection of twenty-three essays that examines viewpoints on death and dying from around the world. Causes of death are examined, including increases in mortality due to AIDS in Africa, drug abuse in Scotland, and suicide in Ireland. Chapters discuss access to palliative end-of-life care and assisted suicide. Readers will evaluate the influences of the world's major religions and their beliefs, traditions, and rituals surrounding death. They will also learn about funeral practices throughout the world. Essay sources include Open Society Institute, A.P. Online, New Vision, Hiroko Nakata, Francesca Crippa Floriani, JoAnne M. Youngblut, and Dorothy Brooten.
Family Violence
Boys who witness domestic violence are two times as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults. Abuse, whether conducted by a man or a woman, touches every family on some level. Whether a mild disagreement took a wrong turn, or a young child witness her guardians striking one another, family violence leaves a lasting, powerful imprint. This guidebook shows readers that family abuse is a global issue, by presenting several internationally sourced essays. While the U.S. receives some coverage, readers will learn about the topic of violence in places such as Ireland, Australia, Tanzania, Vietnam, Scotland, Japan, Uganda, and Pakistan. This global survey will help readers to develop their own strong, intelligent opinions. Essay sources include The Economist, General Statistics Office of Vietnam, The World Health Organization, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Medical Ethics
As technology makes the world more accessible, it is increasingly important to develop a wide perspective on social issues as well as political, environmental, and health issues of global significance. This book offers readers a global viewpoint about medical ethics, from a variety of international perspectives. Readers will learn about how medical ethics are established, and how they interplay with the end of life. They will evaluate medical ethics and organ transplantation, and the relationship of ethics and medical research. Essay sources include The World Medical Association, UNESCO, Behzad Hassani, Koji Masuda, and Debarati Mukherjee.
Little Rock Nine
This must-have volume explores the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine crisis. Collected essays provide the historical background, from sources such as the National Park Service and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Controversies are then explored, including whether President Eisenhower acted wisely in sending federal troops to Little Rock. After controversies are explained, reader are then presented with compelling first-hand accounts of the experience, by people who lived through it. Readers hear from notables such as Minnijean Brown Trickey, Thelma Mothershed Wair, and Elizabeth Eckford.
