Representative American speeches, 2014-2015 / [compiled by] H. W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• H.W. Wilson Company.

Series:

• Reference shelf ; v. 87, no. 6.
• The reference shelf ; volume 87, number 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Speeches, addresses, etc., American--21st century.
• Electronic surveillance.
• Criminal justice, Administration of.
• Civil rights.
• Politics and government.
• Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
• United States--Politics and government--2009---Sources.
• Civil rights--United States--Sources.
• Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Sources.
• Electronic surveillance--United States--Sources.
• United States.

Genre:

• Sources.

Physical Description:

xii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Current Biography Yearbook H. W Wilson's Current Biography Yearbook is a full year of the monthly Current Biography magazine in a single hardcover volume. Current Biography has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since 1940 and is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection, and wide scope of influence of its subjects. The Yearbook is an invaluable source for researchers, teachers, students, and librarians. Core Collections There is no tiling quite like Wilson Core Collections. The accumulated expertise of our selectors, and the unquestioned reputation of these collections make them valuable tools for collection development and maintenance, reader's advisory, and support for specific curriculums. Core Collections include complete bibliographic data, subject headings, annotations, grade levels, Dewey classifications, and quotations from select reviews. Core Collection tides include Senior High, Middle & Junior High, Children's, Fiction, and Public Library Nonfiction. The 2000s in America This comprehensive 3-volume. illustrated set centers on the impact of the 2000s in the U.S. and Canada. Long historical overviews combined with short entries document the turbulent decade and its profound and lasting effect on American life and culture, with the needs of students and general readers in mind. Categories range from Art and Architecture to Sports and Popular Culture, and include articles on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic downturn, and the impact of technology. This title joins the acclaimed decode series, that begins with The Twenties in America. Book jacket.

Contents:

• 1. To the graduating class. Remarks by the First Lady at Tuskegee University commencement / Michelle Obama
• Climate change is a crisis we can only solve together / Naomi Klein
• On free speech / Ian McEwan
• Commencement address: Vassar College / Arianna Huffington
• The Goddess is in the connections / Gloria Steinem
• 2. Civil rights and social justice. Amazing grace / Barack Obama
• On civil rights / Elizabeth Warren
• 10 years after Katrina / Barack Obama
• Four representatives of the American people / Pope Francis
• Address to the UN General Assembly / Ban Ki-moon
• 3. Rethinking criminal justice. Hard truths: law enforcement and race / James Comey
• Reforming criminal justice / Hillary Clinton
• Criminal justice reform / Barack Obama
• 4. Surveillance and privacy in the digital age. The price of shame / Monica Lewinsky
• On the expiration of the PATRIOT Act / Rand Paul
• Privacy in the age of pervasive surveillance / David Medine
• 5. A year in review. Creating the future of health care today / Steven J. Stack
• Raising wages as the standard for 2016 presidential candidates / Richard L. Trumka
• Finding common ground / Bernie Sanders
• Intelligence community pride / Stephanie O'Sullivan
• Keynote address at the Women in the World Summit / Hillary Clinton
• 6. A global perspective. Ending the embargo / Raul Castro
• On the Iran nuclear deal / Barack Obama
• A nation of immigrants / Julian Castro.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9781619256958
• 1619256959
• 9781619256897
• 1619256894

OCLC:

929897389