Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Classical Giants on Consequences of Human Actions -- 1.1 Niccolo Machiavelli -- 1.2 Giambattista Vico -- 1.3 Adam Smith -- 1.4 Wilhelm Wundt -- 1.5 Vilfredo Pareto -- 1.6 Max Weber -- I.7 Graham W alias -- Chapter 2: Gender and Family -- 2.1 History of Family Law -- 2.1.1 John Milton, England, 1643 -- 2.1.2 No-Fault Divorce Law, USA, 1970 -- 2.2 Genocide in Rwanda on Women in Parliament, 1994 -- 2.3 Demographic Change in Japan on Women in Education, 2003- -- 2.4 Honor Killing and Suicide, Western Europe, 2005- -- 2.5 Globalization, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Feminization of Migration -- Chapter 3: Race and Ethnicity -- 3.1 The Allotment Act of 1887 -- 3.2 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 -- 3.3 Land Ownership and African American Class Divide -- 3.4 The Jim Crow, White Violence, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Role of Television Coverage -- 3.5 Outsourcing Affirmative Action -- 3.6 Invasion in Iraq (2003-) and Sunnis I Shi'ites war -- Chapter 4: Schools -- 4.1 Opening of Higher Education to Women, USA, 19th century -- 4.2 Promise Scholarship, WV, 2002- -- 4.3 No Child Left Behind Act, USA, 2002- -- 4.4 Centennial "Celebration" of the System of Tracking -- Chapter 5: Health Care and Delivery -- 5.1 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 -- 5.2 Deinstitutionalization -- 5.3 De-industrialization and Obesity -- Chapter 6: Government -- 6.1 Welfare Reforms of the 1990s -- 6.2 West Virginia and the New Deal -- 6.3 China's One Child Policy (1979) on Imbalance of Genders -- 6.4 Zimbabwe Land Redistribution of 1990s and 2000 -- 6.5 Changes in the Teachers Retirement Systems (TRS) since 1991(West Virginia) -- 6.6 Annexation of Unincorporated Areas (West Virginia).

6.7 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting (West Virginia) -- Chapter 7: Environment -- 7.1 Release of Domestic European rabbits in Australia in 1859 -- 7.2 Fence Construction Along US-Mexican Border -- 7.3 Electronic Waste (E-waste) -- 7.4 Mountaintop Removal -- 7.5 Global Warming -- 7.6 Use of Wind Turbines and Wind Energy -- 7.7 Introduction of Hybrid Cars and the Use of Ethanol as a Fuel -- 7.8 Daylight Saving Time (DST) -- Chapter 8: Crime and Crime Control. Drug Use -- 8.1 Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration -- 8.2 Megan's Law -- 8.3 Legalizing Abortion -- 8.4 Amendment 18 (1919) and Alcohol Prohibition -- 8.5 The "Three Strikes" Law -- Chapter 9: Conclusion. Looking Down the Road -- About the Authors.