The American culture wars : current contests and future prospects / edited by James L. Nolan, Jr.

Contents The Battle of the books at Berkeley: in search of the culture wars in debates over multiculturalism / David Yamane -- Teachers and preachers: the battle over public school reform in Gaston County, North Carolina / Kimon Howland Sargeant and Edwin L. West, Jr. -- Public television and the culture wars / William Hoynes -- Cultural conflict and art: funding of the National Endowment for the Arts / Beth A. Eck -- The American abortion debate: culture war or normal discourse? / Michele Dillon -- Same sex politics: the legal controversy over homosexuality / J. David Woodard -- Contrasting styles of political discourse in America's past and present culture wars / James L. Nolan, Jr. -- Crossing cultural divides: moral conflict and the Cairo population conference / Joseph E. Davis -- Truth, not truce: 'common ground' on abortion, a movement within both movements / James R. Kelly -- Reflections on the culture wars hypothesis / James Davison Hunter.
General note"A different edition of this work appeared as the Virginia review of sociology 2 (1995) under the title America at war with itself"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 96026136
ISBN0813916976 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E169.12 .A4185 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold