
Historic Documents of 2012
Heather Kerrigan(Editor)
CQ Press
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2013
Book
Hardback
712 pages
978-1-4522-8206-0 (ISBN)
Description
For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Topics and events covered in the 2012 volume include:
U.S. presidential election
Coup in Guinea-Bissau
The CDC on obesity in the U.S.
French and Egyptian presidential elections
Controversy over internet piracy bills in the U.S.
The future of Medicare
Presidential and congressional negotiations over the "fiscal cliff"
Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes
Violence in Syria
Same sex marriage in the courts and on the ballot
Facebook goes public
U.S. states reach foreclosure settlement with major banks
The U.S. Supreme Court on health care and immigration
Historic Documents is renowned for the well written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Topics and events covered in the 2012 volume include:
U.S. presidential election
Coup in Guinea-Bissau
The CDC on obesity in the U.S.
French and Egyptian presidential elections
Controversy over internet piracy bills in the U.S.
The future of Medicare
Presidential and congressional negotiations over the "fiscal cliff"
Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes
Violence in Syria
Same sex marriage in the courts and on the ballot
Facebook goes public
U.S. states reach foreclosure settlement with major banks
The U.S. Supreme Court on health care and immigration
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1515 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4522-8206-0 (9781452282060)
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