Opinions Throughout History

This engaging series provides insights into the evolving viewpoints throughout American history, to help us consider the question, “How did we get here?”

This exciting series offers a wide range of insights into long-standing issues that Americans are most concerned about, and those that have encouraged vigorous debate among politicians and citizens at large.

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This series helps readers unpack the issues that are in the news and on the minds of Americans right now.

THE SUPREME COURT

This volume traces some of the most important eras in the history of the Court and examines the personalities of the justices who helped to define and redefine constitutional law throughout the eras.

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Pub. Date: September 2023

ISBN: 978-1-63700-561-3 | Price: $195

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DOMESTIC TERRORISM

While domestic terrorism has been a high-profile topic in the 2020s, America has long struggled to manage violent extremists. This volume looks at how attitudes about extremism have changed and evolved throughout the centuries.

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Pub. Date: April 2024

ISBN: 978-1-63700-829-4 | Price: $195

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REFUGEES & ASYLUM SEEKERS

Over the centuries, the arrival of refugees and asylum seekers has been a controversial issue, and Americans are divided between the desire to lend humanitarian aid to those in need and the desire to withhold the benefits of American citizenship for the American born. This volume looks at how our ideas about refugees and America’s status as an asylum country has changed over time.

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Pub. Date: September 2024

ISBN: 978-1-63700-852-2 | Price: $195

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IMMIGRATION

Issues discussed are historic patterns of immigration from Ellis Island to the Homestead Act, fear of immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Act, racism and immigration law, the establishment of quotas, eminent domain, the War on Terror, displaced persons and refugees as well as border patrol.

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Pub. Date: May 2018

ISBN: 978-1-68217-722-8 | Price: $195

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TRUTH & LIES IN THE MEDIA

How do you know who to trust? This volume takes a look at America’s relationship with the media from the Colonial Era papers that helped start the American Revolution to the explosion of social media and the current controversy over media legitimacy.

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Pub. Date: January 2024

ISBN: 978-1-63700-812-6 | Price: $195

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About the Series

Using carefully chosen original documents that cover a wide time span, Opinions Throughout History weaves a thoughtful and easy-to-understand analysis of how public opinion is formed and evolves, starting the discussion at an historical, seminal moment, and ending with where we stand today.

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Reviews of Opinions Throughout History

“Lavishly illustrated... outlines the basic opinions and beliefs underlying the proposed worldview under consideration, profiles one prominent individual who espoused or espouses conspiracy theory, and follows the conclusion section with discussion questions. A sound addition to college libraries.” -Booklist

(on Opinions Throughout History: Conspiracy Theories"

“This is a new series from Grey House titled Opinions Throughout History… each chapter details a specific legal debate, controversy, law enactment, or supreme court decision… There are many black-and-white pictures throughout the book, along with discussion questions for classroom and homework assignment use… a timely reference work with a wealth of historical information and detail on these topics.” –ARBA

(on Opinions Throughout History: National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights)