Thomson Gale Releases Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
New Series Title Focuses on Leading Social Issues of the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Oct. 3, 2006 – Thomson Gale, part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), announces the release of Immigration and Multiculturalism from the Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection.
The primary source documents found in the Essential Primary Sources Collection focus on leading social issues of the 19 th, 20th and 21st centuries. International in scope, each title is devoted to one of the following topics:
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Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents that include speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs and works of art. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic.
The following standard subheads are included in each entry:
- Date
- Source
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Primary Source
- Significance
- Further Resources
All titles contain an introduction to its topic, a chronology of major events associated with the topic and a general index. A comprehensive subject index is included with print set purchases only.
For more information on the print or eBook version of Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources, contact Vanessa Birch at vanessa.birch@cengage.com.
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