Laurie Collier Hillstrom

This authoritative work provides a thorough overview of the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020, devoting particular attention to its impact on all aspects of American society. The 21st Century Turning Points series is a one-stop resource for understanding the people and events changing America today. Each volume provides readers with a clear, authoritative, and unbiased understanding of a single issue or event that is driving national debate about our nation's leaders, institutions, values, and priorities. This particular volume is devoted to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted social, economic, and political institutions across the globe in 2020. It documents the spread of the virus around the world and the mounting toll it took on the health and lives of people in the United States and elsewhere; surveys the response to the pandemic (both in statements and policies) by the Trump administration, state governments, and various scientific and public health organizations; explains the impact of the pandemic on U.S. schools, businesses, industries, and workers; shows why communities of color and poor Americans were disproportionately impacted; and studies the ways in which COVID-19 has changed the U.S. forever.

The COVID-19 Pandemic

Profiles 30 major players in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War.

From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom

War in the Persian Gulf Biographies

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A cumulative index to the almanac, biographies, and primary sources volumes of "Television in American Society."

Television in American Society

Author Laurie Collier Hillstrom focuses on the how pollution impacts both human health as well as environmental health. This book discusses the types of pollution, increased awareness of pollution, and the negative consequences it has on health. Full-color photographs and diagrams, a glossary, sources for further reading and research, and a detailed subject index are also included.

Environmental Pollution and Health

Kevin Hillstrom

The set 'chronicles the lives of 60 famous and lesser-known men and women, including abolitionists, spies, commanders, and writers.'

Biographies

American Civil War

This volume provides a concise but authoritative overview of the Never Again Movement, which arose in the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. • Provides entries devoted to individual events as well as milestones • Offers biographical profiles to help readers understand the motivations and accomplishments of important activists and figures • Presents essays that explore the lasting impact of school shootings and the Never Again Movement on American life • Features an annotated bibliography that gives readers resources for further study

School Shootings and the Never Again Movement

This work provides an evenhanded and authoritative overview of vaping and its impact on American culture and public health, especially among younger Americans. • Devotes individual entries to specific events and milestones • Profiles important activists and other notable figures • Explores the lasting impact of the event on American life in essays • Includes a bibliography of sources for further study

The Vaping Controversy

This concise yet comprehensive reference book provides an overview of the Black Lives Matter movement, from its emergence in response to the police-involved deaths of unarmed black people to its development as a force for racial justice in America. • Provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the origin, growth, and development of the Black Lives Matter movement • Explores how modern activists employ social media as a force for social change • Examines the emergence of white supremacy and white nationalism as a part of a cultural backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement • Presents current information and statistics on racial injustice in America • Explores how the civil rights movement, Black Power movement, and hip-hop culture have shaped and influenced the fight for racial justice

Black Lives Matter: From a Moment to a Movement

Known today for blockbuster films like Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. has ?bounced back from a decades-long struggle with drug addiction to become a top player in Hollywood. This captivating volume provides an incisive biography of Robert Downey Jr. Readers will learn about Downey's upbringing in an artistic family, the trials of early stardom, his downward spiral and acting failures, his road back to recovery, and his cautious yet successful comeback.

Robert Downey Jr.

This volume provides a concise but authoritative overview of the #MeToo Movement and its enormous impact on American society, from the studios of Hollywood to factories, campuses, and offices across the country. • Provides entries devoted to individual events as well as milestones • Presents biographical profiles to help readers to understand the motivations and accomplishments of important activists and figures • Offers essays that explore the lasting impact of the movement on American life • Features an annotated bibliography that directs readers to resources for further study

The #MeToo Movement

Since mid-2018, when she registered one of the biggest primary election upsets in the nation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the most influential voices of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Few politicians have experienced a rise as meteoric as the one that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (or AOC, as she is commonly known) has experienced since her June 2018 Democratic primary upset victory over a powerful, longtime incumbent and her subsequent triumph in the November 2018 midterms. This book will examine how the telegenic lawmaker—a life-long New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent—engineered that startling victory, why her life story and ideas made her such a focus of national attention, how she has used Twitter and other social media to amplify her calls for economic justice and civil rights equality, and why, since she took office in January 2019, she has come to be regarded as one of the most consequential and influential lawmakers in Congress. It will also help readers understand AOC's most deeply held political convictions, policymaking priorities, and personal principles. Provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of Ocasio-Cortez's personal history and political career Explains the values and beliefs that animate Ocasio-Cortez's political activism and policy priorities Chapter bibliographies of print and electronic resources recommended for further study Notes important dates in AOC's life and political career in a chronology

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A Biography

Offers forty-three essays on popular expressions of diverse aspects of the Vietnam War, including women war correspondents, atrocities, desertion, and the Kent State shootings.

A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films

The Vietnam Experience

Shawn Corey Carter is a high-school dropout from a housing project in Brooklyn, New York. Rapper Jay-Z is an enormously successful award-winning musician, businessman, and entrepreneur with a multi-million-dollar empire. This book charts that journey, from Shawn's life growing up in the projects and his years dealing drugs to survive, to his introduction to the world of rap. It describes Jay-Z's earliest work through his career as an artist, his retirement from performing, his career as a recording executive, and his return to music.

Jay-Z

A set of books on the Industrial Revolution, these comprehensive volumes cover the history of steam shipping, iron and steel production, and railroads-three interrelated enterprises that helped shift the Industrial Revolution into overdrive.

The Industrial Revolution in America: Iron and steel

This three-volume set concludes ABC-CLIO's groundbreaking series on the Industrial Revolution as it played out in the United States, offering volumes on the communications industry and the agriculture and meatpacking industries--plus a concluding overview volume on the causes, courses, and interconnections among the industries that brought such dramatic change to our lives. * Sidebars take readers deeper into fascinating topics, such as the role of the railroads in the rise of Chicago's meatpacking industry and in the spread of the telegraph * Biographical sketches of larger-than-life entrepreneurs including Samuel F. B. Morse, Cyrus McCormick, and Philip Armour

The Industrial Revolution in America - Overview/Comparison

NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon has been a key figure in the stock car racing industry since his first Winston Cup victory in 1995. With ninety-three wins, Gordon maintains a record career streak in modern era NASCAR racing. This captivating volume provides a balanced biography of Jeff Gordon. Students will learn about how Gordon helped changed the face of NASCAR, how he broke into the sport and became a champion, and how he matured as a driver and team owner.

Laurie Collier Hillstrom

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