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PART 1 AN OVERVIEW OF COLLEGE WRITING |
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Chapter 1 Reading and Responding to Texts in the 21st Century |
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Reading Critically and Actively |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (2) |
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From Ancient Greece To Iraq, The Power of Words in Wartime |
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Judging Honesty By Words, Not Fidgets |
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9 | (3) |
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Engaging in Critical Reading |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (6) |
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18 | (1) |
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. |
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Message-Making: An Interactive Approach |
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Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting, and Synthesizing |
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23 | (7) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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Synthesizing: Drawing Connections from Texts |
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Case Study for Synthesis: Classic and Contemporary: The Impulse to Compose |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (3) |
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Reading and Responding to Online Texts |
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Reading and Analyzing Visual Texts |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Communicate? |
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40 | (2) |
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Marines Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima |
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40 | (1) |
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Firefighters Raising the Flag at Ground Zero |
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41 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-Century Literacies |
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42 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Writing: Process and Communication |
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Composing in Any Medium: Processes for Writing |
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44 | (1) |
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Considering Purpose and Audience |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Compose? |
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Library of Congress, Edith Wharton Writing at Her Desk |
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46 | (1) |
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Photograph, Jennifer Jacobson and Jane Kurtz Writing on Laptops at a Coffee Shop |
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47 | (1) |
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Choosing an Appropriate Tone |
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48 | (1) |
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Generating Ideas: Freewriting and Brainstorming |
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48 | (4) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (16) |
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53 | (1) |
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Writing Introductory Paragraphs |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (11) |
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Student Essay: Jamie Taylor, Cultist Behavior or Doltish Behavior? |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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Responding to Editorial Comments |
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A Portfolio on Writing and Communication |
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Leave Your Name at the Border |
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71 | (5) |
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76 | (6) |
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82 | (4) |
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The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts |
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86 | (5) |
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91 | (9) |
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Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other? |
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100 | (6) |
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Politics and the English Language |
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106 | (12) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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118 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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118 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Reading and Writing Effective Arguments |
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120 | (46) |
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Learning the Language of Argument |
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121 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: What Is an Argument? |
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122 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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Police Chief Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executes a Viet Cong Officer |
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123 | (1) |
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Using the Test of justification |
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124 | (1) |
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Reading and Analyzing Arguments |
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124 | (4) |
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Understanding Claims and Warrants |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically about Arguments |
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128 | (5) |
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The Purpose of Argumentation |
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128 | (1) |
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Appeals to Reason, Emotion, and Ethics |
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128 | (5) |
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133 | (2) |
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Writing Powerful Arguments |
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135 | (13) |
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136 | (1) |
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Take a Stand and Clarify Your Claim |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Develop and Organize the Grounds for Your Claim |
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139 | (1) |
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Gather and Evaluate Your Evidence |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Deal with Opposing Viewpoints |
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142 | (1) |
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Avoid Unfair Emotional Appeals and Errors in Reasoning |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (3) |
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Case Study for Synthesis: Social Networking: Friend or Foe? |
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148 | (1) |
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Do I Really Have to Join Twitter? |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (2) |
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Social Sites Are Becoming Too Much of a Good Thing |
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152 | (3) |
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Oh, What a Tangled Online Dating Web We Weave |
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155 | (2) |
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Mirror, Mirror on the Web |
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157 | (6) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Argumentation |
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163 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-Century Literacies |
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164 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 Writing a Research Project in the 21st Century |
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Research Writing: Preconceptions and Practice |
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166 | (2) |
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Navigating the Research Process |
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168 | (21) |
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Phase 1 Defining Your Objective |
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169 | (1) |
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Phase 2 Locating Your Sources |
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170 | (12) |
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Phase 3 Gathering and Organizing Data |
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182 | (5) |
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Phase 4 Writing and Submitting the Paper |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (2) |
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MLA (Modern language Association) Documentation |
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191 | (15) |
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MLA Parenthetical Documentation |
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191 | (5) |
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196 | (10) |
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APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation |
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206 | (12) |
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APA Parenthetical Documentation |
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206 | (3) |
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209 | (9) |
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A Research Project Casebook: Working with Sources across Media |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (4) |
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222 | (6) |
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222 | (2) |
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Scholarly Journal Article (Online Database) |
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224 | (1) |
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Popular Magazine Article (Accessed Online) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (4) |
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Sample Student Paper (MLA Style): Clara Lee, The Courage of Intimacy: Movie Masculinity in the 1990s and Early 21st Century |
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PART 2 ISSUES ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES |
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Chapter 5 Education and Society: How, What, and Why Do We Learn? |
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254 | (40) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: Does Education Change over Time? |
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256 | (2) |
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Zoology Lab, Oberlin College, 1890s |
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256 | (1) |
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Tom Stewart, Biology Lab, University of Maine, 1990s |
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257 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: What Is the Value of Education? |
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258 | (1) |
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Learning to Read and Write |
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258 | (6) |
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The Lonely, Good Company of Books |
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264 | (5) |
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269 | (3) |
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272 | (3) |
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275 | (3) |
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Unplugged: The Myth of Computers in the Classroom |
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278 | (4) |
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When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is "a Waste of Time" |
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282 | (3) |
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Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education" |
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285 | (7) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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292 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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293 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Family Life and Gender Roles: How Do We Become Who We Are? |
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294 | (54) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Respond to Marriage? |
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296 | (2) |
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Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Rustic Wedding |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: How Much Do Families Matter? |
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298 | (1) |
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298 | (6) |
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304 | (8) |
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312 | (6) |
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318 | (3) |
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321 | (7) |
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328 | (5) |
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333 | (3) |
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Digital Scheherazades in the Arab World |
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336 | (10) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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346 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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347 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 History, Culture, and Civilization: Are We Citizens of the World? |
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348 | (48) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Become Americans? |
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350 | (2) |
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National Park Service, Medical Exam of Male Immigrants, 1907 |
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350 | (1) |
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Associated Press, Illegal Immigrants Crossing the Border between Guatemala and Mexico, 1999 |
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351 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: Are We Moving toward a World Culture? |
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352 | (1) |
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352 | (4) |
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America: The Multinational Society |
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356 | (5) |
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1776 and All That: America after September 11 |
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361 | (4) |
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The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria |
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365 | (5) |
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370 | (5) |
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Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit |
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375 | (8) |
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A World Not Neatly Divided |
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383 | (3) |
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386 | (8) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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394 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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395 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 Government, Politics, and Social Justice: How Do We Decide What Is Fair? |
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396 | (56) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: Have We Made Advances in Civil Rights? |
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398 | (2) |
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Advertisement, Slaves for Sale, 1835 |
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398 | (1) |
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Photograph, "Hope" Obama Election Poster, 2008 |
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399 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: What Is the American Dream? |
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400 | (1) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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400 | (5) |
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405 | (4) |
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409 | (3) |
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412 | (7) |
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Cyberspace: It You Don't Love It, Leave It |
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419 | (5) |
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424 | (6) |
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Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts |
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430 | (4) |
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434 | (6) |
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440 | (10) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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450 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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451 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Business and Economics: How Do We Earn Our Keep? |
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452 | (56) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: Will Workers Be Displaced by Machines? |
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454 | (2) |
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Portion of a Mural from the Detroit Institute of Arts |
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454 | (1) |
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Photograph, Automobile Assembly Line |
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455 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: Does Equal Opportunity Exist? |
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456 | (1) |
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456 | (5) |
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461 | (4) |
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The Death of Horatio Alger |
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465 | (3) |
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468 | (4) |
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Globalization: The Super-Story |
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472 | (4) |
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476 | (9) |
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Why the Rich are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer |
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485 | (13) |
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498 | (7) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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505 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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506 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Media and Popular Culture: What Is the Message? |
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508 | (62) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: What Do Gangster Films Reveal about Us? |
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510 | (2) |
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510 | (1) |
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511 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: Why Are We Fascinated by Bad Men in Popular Culture? |
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512 | (1) |
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The Gangster as Tragic Hero |
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512 | (5) |
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517 | (6) |
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523 | (2) |
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My Creature from the Black Lagoon |
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525 | (9) |
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534 | (3) |
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537 | (8) |
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Supersaturation, or, The Media Torrent and Disposable Feeling |
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545 | (8) |
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Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination |
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553 | (14) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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567 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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568 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Literature and the Arts: Why Do They Matter? |
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570 | (54) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Evaluate a Work of Art? |
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572 | (2) |
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572 | (1) |
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573 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: What is the Value of Literature? |
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574 | (1) |
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574 | (6) |
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580 | (4) |
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584 | (4) |
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588 | (5) |
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George Orwell: Some Personal Connections |
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593 | (5) |
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Regarding the Torture of Others |
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598 | (11) |
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609 | (5) |
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Saving the Life That Is Your Own: The Importance of Models in the Artist's Life |
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614 | (8) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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622 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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623 | (1) |
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Chapter 12 Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion: What Do We Believe? |
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624 | (54) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: Do We Believe in Good and Evil? |
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626 | (2) |
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626 | (1) |
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St. Michael and the Devil |
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627 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: Is Superstition a Form of Belief? |
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628 | (1) |
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New Superstitions for Old |
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628 | (5) |
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633 | (3) |
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I Listen to My Parents and I Wonder What They Believe |
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636 | (6) |
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642 | (2) |
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What's God Got to Do with It? |
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644 | (5) |
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Our Mutual Joy: The Religious Case for Gay Marriage |
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649 | (7) |
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656 | (4) |
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660 | (4) |
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The Rival Conceptions of God |
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664 | (3) |
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667 | (10) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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677 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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677 | (1) |
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Chapter 13 Health and Medicine: What Are the Challenges? |
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678 | (50) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: What Does Medical Research Tell Us? |
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680 | (2) |
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680 | (1) |
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681 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: Can We Avoid Epidemics? |
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682 | (1) |
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"This is the End of the World" |
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682 | (9) |
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691 | (10) |
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The Masked Marvel's Last Toehold |
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701 | (5) |
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I Worked Hard for That Furrowed Brow |
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706 | (3) |
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Between a Woman and Her Doctor |
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709 | (5) |
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The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS |
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714 | (4) |
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Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth |
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718 | (5) |
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The Globalization of Eating Disorders |
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723 | (4) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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727 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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727 | (1) |
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Chapter 14 Nature and the Environment: How Do We Relate to the Natural World? |
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728 | (60) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: Are We Destroying Our Natural World? |
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730 | (2) |
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730 | (1) |
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731 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: Do We Own Nature? |
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732 | (1) |
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Letter to President Pierce, 1855 |
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732 | (2) |
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734 | (4) |
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A City Beyond the Reach of Empathy |
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738 | (4) |
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742 | (4) |
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The Environmental Issue from Hell |
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746 | (4) |
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750 | (6) |
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756 | (5) |
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The Greenest Campuses: An Idiosyncratic Guide |
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761 | (9) |
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The Last Americans: Environmental Collapse and the End of Civilization |
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770 | (16) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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786 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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787 | (1) |
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Chapter 15 Science and Technology: What Can Science Teach Us? |
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788 | (51) |
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Classic and Contemporary Images: Where Is Science Taking Us? |
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790 | (2) |
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The Movements of the Sun and Moon, 15th Century |
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790 | (1) |
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Photograph of Gaseous Pillars Taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, 1995 |
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791 | (1) |
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Classic and Contemporary Essays: How Has Nature Evolved? |
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792 | (1) |
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792 | (5) |
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Darwin at 200: The Ongoing Force of His Unconventional Idea |
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797 | (3) |
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800 | (5) |
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How Computers Change the Way We Think |
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805 | (6) |
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Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt |
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811 | (5) |
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816 | (9) |
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825 | (5) |
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The Clan of One-Breasted Women |
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830 | (8) |
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Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking |
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838 | (1) |
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Networking: Applying 21st-century Literacies |
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838 | (1) |
| Glossary |
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839 | (12) |
| Credits |
|
851 | (8) |
| Index |
|
859 | |
