American Voices: Culture and Community (Sixth Edition)

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Synopsis
American Voices: Culture and Community, Sixth Edition, is an 800 page Freshman English reader compiled and written by Dolores LaGuardia and Hans P. Guth. The authors' description of this edition reads as follows: This thematic reader addresses the diversity of American culture by featuring over 100 provocative readings and images from a broad range of authorial voices. American Voices: Culture and Community helps students read critically and develop their own voices with helpful apparatus for each reading and engaging forums and writing workshops at the end of each chapter. NEW TO THIS EDITION Over 40 New Readings. These new readings from a diverse group of authors are on such contemporary. high-interest topics as growing up between cultures. high-stakes testing for students. gay marriage, outsourcing. and terrorism. New Visual Literacy Thread. The first chapter introduces students to concepts of visual literacy and provides guides for different ways to think about visuals. Following this first chapter. each chapter begins with a visual literacy exercise. Expanded Writing Workshops. These self-contained units at the end of each chapter now feature more student writing with supportive comments. More Context for Readings. New expanded headnotes give students more contextual information for each reading, so students can think critically about purpose and audience. New "Other Voices" boxes. Throughout the book. new "Other Voices" give context and alternate views to the selections in t ie~rnfrofogy T+~es e _ s appear at the end of select readings. Now powered by eatalylst 2.0
Copyright:
2006

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
814 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780072982640
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Psychology, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Sociology
Submitted By:
Roger Drewicke
Proofread By:
Karin Mitchell
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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