Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection Set

by K. Lee Lerner (editor)

These volumes of primary source documents focus on leading social issues of the last three centuries. International in scope, each volume is devoted to topics such terrorism; medicine, health and bioethics; crime and punishment; human and civil rights; social policy; and other social issues. Each title contains approximately 175 full-text or excerpted documents, such as speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays, songs, works of art, and much more. Entries are organized in chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. The following standardized subheads are included for each - Date- Source- About the Author- Introduction- Primary Source- Significance- Further ResourcesAll titles contain an introduction to the main topic, a chronology of major events and a general index. A comprehensive subject index is included with purchase of the entire set.

Paperback

First published December 22, 2006

About the author

"K. Lee Lerner is an author, editor, and producer of science and factual media, including four editions of the Gale Encyclopedia of Science and the Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security. His expansive writing on science, climate change, disasters, disease, and global issues has earned multiple book and media awards, including books named Outstanding Academic Titles. An aviator, sailor, and member of the National Press Club in Washington, his two global circumnavigations and portfolio of work in challenging and dangerous environments reveal a visceral drive to explore and investigate. With a public intellectual's broad palate and a scientist's regard for evidence-based analysis, Lerner dissects and accessibly explains complex issues."

"For more than three decades, whether in print, broadcast media, or online, K. Lee Lerner's writing and personal column, 'Taking Bearings,' have ranged across the human intellectual enterprise. His award-winning writing ranges from knowledgeable articles on the history of science to insights into modern advances in biotechnology; from the scientific analysis of engineering failures to evidence-based reporting on public health issues; from coverage of attempts to preserve historic cultural sites to on-location coverage of the human tragedy inherent in the displacement vulnerable populations by war, civil unrest, and natural disasters." — Projects at Harvard, Displaced by Disaster

His Academia site consistently ranks among those most frequently accessed by students, scholars, and decision-makers from around the world."— National Press Club biography

K. Lee Lerner has served on the board of advisors for the venerable American Men and Women of Science since 2003. He is a member of the Harvard Alumni Association, the Harvard Club of Boston, and the National Press Club in Washington, DC. His fiction writing is published under a nom de plume.

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