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- Unbranded
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Longman Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0321441729
ISBN-13
9780321441720
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59172457
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Publication Name
Major Themes for Modern Writers
Language
English
Subject
Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing, Readers
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Series
Pearson English Value Textbook Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-031901
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
808/.0427
Table Of Content
Preface Rhetorical Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Reading And Writing About Major Themes CHAPTER 2. All in The Family Introduction "Once More to the Lake," E. B. White "The Burden of a Happy Childhood," Mary Cantwell "Looking Straight at Gay Parents," Karen S. Peterson "In the Kitchen," Henry Louis Gates Jr "Stone Soup," Barbara Kingsolver "The Children of Divorce," Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee "The Deadbeat Dad," David Blankenhorn "The Parent Trap," Judith Warner CHAPTER 3 WHAT IS EDUCATION? Introduction "The Paterson Public Library," Judith Ortiz Cofer "University Days," James Thurber "Prison Studies," Malcolm X "They Treat Girls Differently, Don't They?" Timothy Harper "Indoctrination Isn't Teaching," Shelby Steele "Campus Climate Control," Katie Roiphe "Curtailing High School: A Radical Proposal," Leon Botstein "Making the Grade," James Atlas CHAPTER 4 A LIFE OF WORK, A QUEST FOR WEALTH Introduction "Sweatshops Are Back," William Branigin "Showing Off," Quentin Hardy "A Sense of Change," John Updike "The Return of the Happy Housewife," Charlotte Allen "Black Hair," Gary Soto "Where the Brains Are," Richard Florida "Waking Up the Rake," Linda Hogan "The Dispossessed," William Deresiewicz CHAPTER 5. LAW, JUSTICE AND THE DEMOCRATIC WAY Introduction "A Hanging," George Orwell "Death and Justice," Edward I. Koch "Continuing the Search for Kinder Executions," Mark Essig "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. "When They Get Out," Sasha Abramsky "Happy National Apathy Day," Will Durst "The Tyranny of the Majority," Lani Guinier "Does Eating Salmon Lower The Murder Rate?" Stephen Mihm CHAPTER 6. GENDER DYNAMICS Introduction "Why Should Males Exist?" Matt Ridley "The Failure of Feminism," Phyllis Chesler "No Name Woman," Maxine Hong Kingston "Listening to Men, Then and Now," Deb
Synopsis
Part of the Penguin Academics series, Major Themes for Modern Writers is a thematically-organized reader offering a balance of contemporary and classic readings with minimal apparatus and a high-quality but low cost design. Major Themes for Modern Writers explores multiple perspectives on significant topics such as family, education, work and prosperity, law and democracy, gender, science and technology, language, and beliefs and values. Classic readings whose theses consistently resonate with students are balanced with fresh readings on contemporary issues such as gay parenting, the return of the sweatshop to American's manufacturing sector, voter apathy, the failures of feminism, global warming, the excesses of cyberspace, diet and behavior, the appeal of superheroes, and 21st century American migration trends., Part of the Penguin Academics series, Major Themes for Modern Writers is a thematically-organized reader offering a balance of contemporary and classic readings with minimal apparatus and a high-quality but low cost design., Part of the Penguin Academics series, "Major Themes for Modern Writers" is a thematically-organized reader offering a balance of contemporary and classic readings with minimal apparatus and a high-quality but low cost design. Offers a balance of contemporary and classic readings. Family; Education; Work; Law and democracy; Gender; Science and Technology. General Interest.
LC Classification Number
PE1417.M414 2007
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