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112 pp.
| Lucent
| January, 1998
|
LibraryISBN 1-56006-180-4
(4)
YA
Overview series.
Unremarkable texts introduce five contemporary social concerns, reviewing their history, providing wide-ranging contemporary perspectives, and discussing what government and community action is being taken to confront the issues. Graphs, poorly reproduced black-and-white photographs, and pointed editorial cartoons provide diversion and insight along the way. All the volumes include "organizations to contact"; 'Cults' contains a glossary. Bib., ind.