b'Opinions Throughout History Opinions Throughout History: 9National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights OPINIONSEach chapter details a specific legal debate, controversy, law enactment, or supreme court decision a timely reference work with a wealth of historical information and detail on these topics. ARBAOpinions Throughout History: National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights couldnt have come at a better time in history. This volume offers a sweeping overview of the shifting tensions and public opinions fueled by Americans expectations of privacyBEST SELLER! BEST SELLER! BEST SELLER!vs. their collective desire for national security. This volume illustrates the dramatic shift of opinion, sparked by significant events, including perceived Communist threat, the publication of George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, 9/11, and the rash of recent terrorist attacks around the world. Coverage includes domestic spying, Apples refusal to help with back door access of the iPhone, and the differences between President Obamas and President Trumps surveillance policies. Readers will read first hand of the current challenges to both privacy and national security that pit fears of an emerging surveillance state against a need for national security in a dangerous world. March 2018|695 pages|Hardcover|ISBN 978-1-68217-720-4|$195Includes Free Online Access on the Salem Press/Grey House PlatformOpinions Throughout History: Social Media IssuesWell organized and offering a level of detail that is manageable yet thorough, this is a solid overview of social media. Recommended.CHOICEThis work explores how social media, now one of the dominant means of communication in this country, has changed individual access to information and who controls distribution of that information, which significantly influences our opinions. This volume also considers Americans opinions about the media itself i.e., freedom of speech and of the press, trustworthiness of social media, propaganda, cyberbullying, and if regulations are needed. As a resource for exploring the influences on American values, Social Media Issues provides an accessible commentary on the ways in which advances in communication technologies have shaped American opinion. Each chapter includes a valuable introduction and conclusion, a bulleted list of topics covered, a reprint of a particularly significant primary or secondary source document, detailed analysis and commentary of that document, images and photographs, and discussion questions.April 2019 |951 pages|Hardcover|ISBN 978-1-64265-064-8 |$195Includes Free Online Access on the Salem Press/Grey House Platform Opinions Throughout History:Robotics & Artificial IntelligenceWill be useful to high school and undergraduate students, especially in the humanities and social sciences, exploring the history of technology.Against the GrainOften considered a modern development, the effort to build robots dates back to the earliest times of recorded history. This volume explores automatons, computing, mechanical engineering, automation in the Industrial Revolution, digital technology, the search for artificial intelligence, and technological singularitya hypothetical future point when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization. Some feel we are on the path to the singularity with computers doing our bidding (i.e., Alexa and Roomba), drones replacing the FedEx driver, and supermarket robots warning you of danger in aisle 4. Public opinion on AI is wide ranging, especially in regard to the challenges it presents to personal and corporate privacy, keeping it legal, and making ethical decisions. November 2020 |490 pages|Hardcover|ISBN 978-1-64265-481-3 |$195 Includes Free Online Access on the Salem Press/Grey House PlatformOpinions Throughout History: ImmigrationA useful resource for students, debaters, and anyone who wishes to be well informed on these issues.ARBAThis volume explores the tension between welcoming and valuing newcomers to the nascent nation and rejecting immigrants, as well as the strains of anti-immigration thought in American society. Issues discussed include 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. The volume explores both the polarized opinions and current flashpoints in immigration including the merits of the HB1 visa, the travel ban from predominantly Muslim nations, the border wall, and the future of immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Immigration provides an essential resource for history and social studies research and an accessible commentary on the ways in which immigration opinion and policy have evolved and will continue to evolve. Each chapter includes a valuable introduction and conclusion, a bulleted list of topics covered, a reprint of a particularly significant primary or secondary source document, detailed analysis and commentary of that document, images and photographs, and discussion questions. May 2018|806 pages|Hardcover|ISBN 978-1-68217-722-8|$195Includes Free Online Access on the Salem Press/Grey House PlatformeBooks are also available - visit www.greyhouse.com for more information(800) 562-2139 GET ONLINE ACCESS WITH YOUR PRINT BUY! www.greyhouse.com2024-315 Grey House 2025 Catalog.indd 9 2024-09-16 3:51PM'