These volumes of primary source documents focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, each title is devoted to one topic:

• Crime and Punishment
• Environmental Issues
• Family in Society
• Gender Issues and Sexuality
• Government, Politics, and Protest
• Human and Civil Rights
• Immigration and Multiculturalism
• Medicine, Bioethics, and Health
• Social Policy
• Terrorism

Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. The following standard subheads are included in each entry:

• Date
• Source
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Primary Source
• Significance
• Further Resources

All titles contain an introduction to its topic, a chronology of major events associated with the topic, and a general index. A comprehensive subject index is included with print set purchases only.

Perfect for high school students and general researchers, Food: In Context examines food in relationship to nutrition, world health issues, agriculture, environmental concerns, current events and political decision-making. Written by experts in nutrition, medicine, culinary arts, agriculture/aquaculture, environmental science and history, this new full-color set covers the historical, political and ethical debates related to food. It also explores how food impacts daily life, trade and commerce, the environment, and health and nutrition. Cross-curricular in nature, Food: In Context supports basic and advanced AP curricula in chemistry and biology, as well as Earth science, general physical science, environmental science, health science, history, government and the social sciences. Primary source documents and more than 250 photographs articulate the interrelation of food to science and society.