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Part One Writing Critically and Conducting Research |
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Chapter 1 Reading Critically |
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Rhetorical Analysis of a Written Work |
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Illustration: Reading Critically |
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What's in a Name? More than You Think |
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Criticizes U S. television news for using slanted terms in reporting U.S. wars on foreign soil |
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Discussion of "What's in a Name? More than You Think" |
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Rhetorical Analysis of Visuals |
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Rhetorical Analysis of Websites |
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Chapter 2 The Writing Process |
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Challenges in the Prewriting Stage |
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Challenges in the Drafting Stage |
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26 | (8) |
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Revising Your Paper Globally |
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Illustration: Revising Globally |
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35 | (4) |
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Revising for Style and Clarity |
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39 | (1) |
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Illustration: Revising for Style and Clarity |
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40 | (2) |
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Illustration: Revising at the Sentence Level |
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Illustration of a Writing Strategy: Parallelism for Effect |
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A Stylish Inauguration Speech |
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44 | (2) |
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Argues that President Kennedy's inaugural address is unforgettable in part because of his use of parallel structure |
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46 | (3) |
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Illustration: Editing for errors in grammar and punctuation |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Writing a Summary |
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49 | (8) |
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49 | (5) |
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Illustration: Making Marginal Notes and Summarizing |
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54 | (3) |
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Laments the decision by the United States to further postpone exploration of the moon |
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Chapter 4 Writing a Critique |
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The Connection between Reading Critically and Writing a Critique |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (4) |
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Liberal Arts and the Bottom Line |
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67 | (2) |
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Wonders if a recent movement in higher education to try to create well-rounded business majors might not be accepted wholeheartedly |
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Chapter 5 Writing an Argument |
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Narrowing Your Focus and Discovering Your Position |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (4) |
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Strategies for Arguing Effectively |
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85 | (9) |
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94 | (9) |
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103 | (3) |
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Uses statistics to argue against a current popular opinion that girls are getting meaner and more violent |
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Chapter 6 Writing a Synthesis and Documenting Sources |
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Citing and Documenting Sources Using Mla Style |
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In-Text Citations and List of Works Cited |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (3) |
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Integrating Source Materials into Your Paper |
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117 | (2) |
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Using Ellipsis Points, Square Brackets, Single Quotation Marks, and "Qtd. in" |
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119 | (3) |
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Documenting Sources in a Collection of Essays |
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122 | (2) |
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Student Paper Demonstrating Synthesis with In-text Citations Using MLA Style |
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124 | (9) |
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Chapter 7 Writing a Research Paper |
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133 | (74) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (5) |
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Forming a Preliminary Thesis and a Working Bibliography |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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Creating a Preliminary Bibliography |
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142 | (5) |
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147 | (1) |
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Evaluating Internet Sources |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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Illustration: Plagiarism, Inaccurate Documentation, and Correct Handling of Source Material |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (2) |
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Parenthetical Documentation---Citing Sources in the Text |
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159 | (3) |
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Creating a Works-Cited Page Using MLA Style |
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162 | (13) |
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Assembling the Parts of a Research Paper |
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175 | (11) |
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Student Research Paper Using MLA Style |
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186 | (9) |
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Writing a Research Paper Using APA Style |
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195 | (1) |
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Parenthetical Citations Using APA Style |
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196 | (2) |
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APA-Style References List |
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198 | (2) |
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Sample Pages from a Student Research Paper Using APA Style, with Title Page, Abstract, Body of Paper, and References |
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200 | (7) |
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Part Two Popular Culture, Media Studies, and the Arts |
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207 | (100) |
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Chapter 8 Popular Culture |
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209 | (24) |
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211 | (3) |
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Explains the relationship between games and the imagination |
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214 | (7) |
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Asks the question: Are the media and politicians right to blame video games when white middle-class teens kill? |
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Hip-Hop's Betrayal of Black Women |
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221 | (4) |
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Argues against the socioeconomic defense of misogynistic hip-hop lyrics |
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225 | (4) |
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Discusses dystopian literature written for young adults and complains that it is far too dark |
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Perspectives on Popular Culture |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (33) |
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A Pedagogical Response to the Aurora Shootings: 10 Critical Questions about Fictional Representations of Violence |
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235 | (12) |
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Offers a practical approach to assessing the depiction of violence in fiction |
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The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heroes |
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247 | (6) |
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Contends that journalists bear a large part of the responsibility for Americans' inability to find heroes in public figures |
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Print Media and the Rabbit Hole |
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253 | (3) |
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Faults magazines and newspapers for confusing advertising with editorial content |
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Jesus Is a Brand of Jeans |
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256 | (5) |
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Argues that advertising elevates things above people and creates a destructive worldview |
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Perspectives on Media Studies |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Film and Television |
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266 | (23) |
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Batman, The Unexpected Cultural Revolution |
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268 | (4) |
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Examines the mid-1960s television show Batman as "a classic encapsulation of an American pop art phenomenon." |
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Getting Real with Reality TV |
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272 | (5) |
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Explores reasons why audiences are attracted to reality television programs |
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277 | (3) |
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Cites examples of films and television documentaries that feature pro-social behavior and motivate viewers to become advocates for their socially responsible causes |
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs |
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280 | (4) |
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Defends the teen girl fan base that has made the Twilight series books and movies successful |
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Perspectives on Film and Television |
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284 | (3) |
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287 | (2) |
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289 | (18) |
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291 | (3) |
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Comments on the firestorm created by film critic Roger Ebert's statement that videogames are not art and discusses the question of what art is |
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What's Wrong with the Old Bard, Pard? |
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294 | (3) |
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Wonders why contemporary productions of Shakespeare's plays change time, place, and costumes |
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Shakespeare Meets the 21st Century |
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297 | (2) |
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Responds to Peter Marks' article by defending modern interpretations of Shakespeare's plays |
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How Song, Dance and Movies Bailed Us Out of the Depression |
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299 | (3) |
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Suggests that popular culture provided the optimism and energy that helped the country move out of the Great Depression and that America may need those qualities again |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (2) |
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Part Three Social and Behavioral Sciences |
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307 | (112) |
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309 | (20) |
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Censorship: A Personal View |
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310 | (7) |
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Recounts her experience with banned books as a child and her feelings about having her own books banned |
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Critical Thinking? You Need Knowledge |
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317 | (2) |
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Finds fault with the "21st-Century Skills" initiative in public schools |
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Excerpt from Why School? A Student in a Community College Basic Skills Program |
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319 | (2) |
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Portrays a man with a disability who not only benefits from a community college basic skills program but also serves as a lesson to others |
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Pass the Books. Hold the Oil |
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321 | (3) |
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Stresses the importance to nations of honing students' study habits and cultivating people's skills |
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Perspectives on Education |
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324 | (3) |
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327 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Poverty and Homelessness |
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329 | (19) |
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Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids |
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331 | (3) |
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Discusses the number of homeless children in the United States and the impact of homelessness on those children |
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Homeless, Mike Dick Was 51, Looked 66 |
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334 | (3) |
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Profiles the life and death of a homeless member of the large group of older people for whom living on the streets is especially deadly |
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Too Poor to Make the News |
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337 | (4) |
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Compares the everyday realities and perils of the working poor with the lives of middle-class workers suffering in a weak economy |
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All Kids Should Take "Poverty 101" |
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341 | (3) |
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Relates her personal experience with generational poverty and wishes all people had an understanding of the many causes of poverty |
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Perspectives on Poverty and Homelessness |
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344 | (2) |
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346 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 Gender and Sex Roles |
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348 | (24) |
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350 | (6) |
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Reviews the debate about what it means to grow up male in America |
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Who Does the Talking Here? |
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356 | (2) |
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Comments on studies that attempt to determine who talks more---males or females |
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Oh, Come On, Men Aren't Finished |
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358 | (3) |
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Argues that women are joining men as partners in running the world, not replacing them |
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Sacred Rite or Civil Right? |
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361 | (6) |
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Addresses the debate over gay marriage in terms of the relationship between church and state and their definition of marriage |
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Perspectives on Gender and Sex Roles |
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367 | (3) |
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370 | (2) |
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Chapter 15 Race and Ethnicity in America |
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372 | (28) |
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Imagining the Immigrant: Why Legality Must Give Way to Humanity |
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374 | (3) |
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Argues that "legality must give way to humanity" when it comes to the issue of what to do about illegal immigrants |
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The Perpetual Border Battle |
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377 | (8) |
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Argues that the illegal-immigration problem is far from resolved |
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Race in America: "We Would Like to Believe We Are over the Problem" |
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385 | (3) |
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Argues that America is far from solving its racial problems |
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Breeds of America: Coming of Age and Coming of Race |
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388 | (8) |
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Recounts what it was like growing up in the 1940s and 1950s in a racially segregated America |
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Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America |
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396 | (2) |
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398 | (2) |
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Chapter 16 International Relations |
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400 | (19) |
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American Idealism and Realpolitik |
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402 | (2) |
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Points out the dilemma that America faces in its role of defender of weak countries |
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404 | (3) |
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Reminds us that we must not let down our guard in the war on terrorism |
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Lessons from World War II |
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407 | (2) |
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Explains how World War II remains "a living past that continues to influence the way we see the present." |
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409 | (4) |
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In countering arguments made by Fareed Zakaria that America is in decline, Nye points out America's strengths |
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Perspectives on International Relations |
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413 | (3) |
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416 | (3) |
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Part Four Science and Technology |
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419 | (64) |
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421 | (18) |
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423 | (2) |
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Responds to writer Thomas Friedman's belief that technology is driving us apart by asserting that there is far less to worry about than Friedman thinks |
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425 | (5) |
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Argues that if we lose our privacy we sacrifice a fundamental part of our humanity |
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430 | (2) |
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Argues that pooling data is literally life-saving and humanity's next evolutionary step |
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432 | (3) |
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Reviews Jose Antonio Vargas's memoir Revolution 2.0 as an illustration of the potential power of social media to affect people's lives and effect change |
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Perspectives on Social Media |
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435 | (2) |
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437 | (2) |
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439 | (19) |
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441 | (2) |
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Raises objections to the patenting of genes |
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Decoding the Use of Gene Patents |
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443 | (3) |
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Argues against objections to patenting of genes |
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Kidneys for Sale: A Reconsideration |
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446 | (5) |
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Explores ethical questions surrounding the sale of human kidneys |
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Why Legalizing Organ Sales Would Help to Save Lives, End Violence |
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451 | (2) |
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Wonders why organ sales are illegal and outlines benefits to legalizing them |
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Perspectives on Bioethics |
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453 | (3) |
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456 | (2) |
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Chapter 19 Environmental Studies |
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458 | (25) |
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What Everglades Pythons and Other Invasive Species Are Trying to Tell Us |
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459 | (8) |
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Details the invasion of several highly destructive species in areas where they were previously unknown, resulting in mass extinctions |
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Global Warning: Get Up! Stand Up! |
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467 | (5) |
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Explains how to build a mass movement to halt climate change |
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472 | (2) |
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Warns that somewhere on Earth, every twenty minutes, one animal species dies out and time is running out to turn the tide |
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Accounting 101 for the 21st Century: A Liberal Arts Education in Carbon |
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474 | (4) |
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Explains how his own campus is reducing its carbon footprint and urges action on campuses across the nation |
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Perspectives on Environmental Studies |
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478 | (2) |
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480 | (3) |
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Part Five Business and Economics |
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483 | (70) |
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Chapter 20 Marketing and the American Consumer |
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485 | (24) |
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Every Nook and Cranny: The Dangerous Spread of Commercialized Culture |
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487 | (5) |
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Discusses the negative effects of the pervasive spread of commercialism throughout American life |
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492 | (5) |
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Explains his belief that America needs to have "a public debate about where markets belong---and where they don't." |
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Marketing to the Millennial |
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497 | (5) |
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Explains marketing strategies targeting different generations, especially consumers who were born in the 1980s |
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502 | (2) |
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Wonders why American consumers buy too much "stuff" that they do not need |
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Perspectives on Marketing and the American Consumer |
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504 | (3) |
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507 | (2) |
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509 | (17) |
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Why Companies Aren't Getting the Employees They Need |
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510 | (5) |
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Argues that it is companies' fault that they cannot find skilled workers and outlines steps they can take to get them |
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Escape from the Job Jungle |
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515 | (2) |
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Writes with humor of his search to find a full-time job after college graduation |
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Workplace Snitching: If You See Something, Should You Say Something? |
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517 | (3) |
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Looks at the issues of whistle blowing and retaliation in the workplace |
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520 | (2) |
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Agrees that the "Big Brother" mentality goes too far sometimes, but argues that employers have rights too |
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Perspectives on the Workplace |
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522 | (2) |
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524 | (2) |
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Chapter 22 American Business in the Global Marketplace |
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526 | (27) |
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Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops |
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528 | (7) |
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Examines tie dilemma that foreign manufacturers face when attempting to conform to labor codes while keeping export prices low |
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In Defense of "Sweatshops" |
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535 | (6) |
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Argues that sweatshops are good for developing countries |
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Dominant Elsewhere, Google Struggles in China |
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541 | (3) |
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Analyzes reasons why Google is doing poorly in China against a much more popular search engine |
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Lessons from the Developing World |
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544 | (4) |
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Explains how some telecommunications companies have made inroads in establishing markets in developing countries |
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Perspectives on American Business in the Global Marketplace |
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548 | (3) |
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551 | (2) |
| Glossary of Terms |
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