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Series
Reference shelf volume 91, no. 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This volume takes a closer look at America's evolving ideas about the nature and value of the democratic system. A select collection of primary and secondary sources provide viewpoints and arguments on the issue of democracy's past, present, and future, and will cover issues like the rise and fall of American socialism, the evolution of patriotism, and views on how America's political system embodies and fails to embody democratic ideals.
Series
Reference shelf volume 94, no. 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This issue of The Reference Shelf looks at some of the best American journalism and writing on the topic of voting rights. Sections present articles on subjects ranging from convict disenfranchisement, voting and race, and the challenges of voting in urban versus rural areas. This issue pays special attention to the debate over voter fraud and voting security and how recent allegations of voter fraud have been used to justify new voter restrictions...
Series
Reference shelf volume 93, no. 6
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
As the New Year approached in 2020, millions of Americans shared internet memes reflecting the widespread hope that the new year would ease the chaos and fear of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, coupled with one of the most dramatic and contentious elections in American history, produced the sense that a new era was beginning. Nevertheless, 2021 proved just as challenging as the year that preceded it. Americans still faced a deadly disease that continued...
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