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ENGL B1A: America Now: Finding Books

This guide was created for use with Professor Wallace's ENGL B1A classes.

Language: Do Words Matter?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Interpersonal conflict
Interpersonal relations
Psycholinguistics
Racism in Language
Sexism in Language
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Swearing

Free Speech: Endangered on Campus?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Censorship 
Freedom of expression
Freedom of speech 
Hate speech

Cancel Culture: Public Censorship Doing More Harm Than Good?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Cancel Culture

Censorship

U.S. History: How Do We Remember Our Past?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Flags - Confederate States of America 
Indians as mascots

Immigration: Is it Our Most Serious Issue?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Illegal aliens -- United States

Undocumented Immigrants

Emigration and immigration -- United States

Emigration and immigration law -- United States

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects

Identity: How Does it Shape Our Sense of Self?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Identity (Psychology)

Group Identity 

Race: Why Does it Still Matter?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Racism -- United States
United States -- Race Relations

Gender: What Are the Issues Today?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Gender identity
Sex differences
Transgender People

Women's Rights

Reproductive Rights -- United States

Politics of Food: Are We What We Eat?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Nutrition policy--United States

School children--Nutrition--Government policy--United States

Food--Marketing--Moral and ethical aspects--United States

Criminal Justice: What Needs to Change?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States

Corrections

Punishment--United States

The News Media: How Well Does it Serve the Public?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

Press and politics -- United States

Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States

Fake news -- United States

Mass Media

Mass media -- Objectivity -- United State

Confronting COVID-19: What Have We Learned? What's Next?

The links below are subjects in the library catalog that might be helpful for this theme. Click on the links to see a list of books on that subject that you could check out.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Economic aspects

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Political aspects

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Social aspects

Health planning

COVID-19