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Perspectives on Contemporary Issues
by Ackley,Katherine AnneEdition:
5th
ISBN13:
9781413033977
ISBN10:
1413033970
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
3/17/2008
Publisher(s):
Cengage Learning
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Summary
Katherine Ackley assumes that students respond most deeply to readings on topics relevant to their own lives. The selections included in the fifth edition of PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES will prompt good discussions, and the sections on reading and writing critically will lead to writing that you truly care about.
Table of Contents
| Reading Critically | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Writing a Summary | |
| Writing a Critique | |
| Writing an Argument | |
| Synthesizing Material and Documenting Sources Using MLA Style | |
| Writing a Research Paper | |
| Media Studies, Popular Culture, and The Arts | |
| Video Games and Music | |
| Media Studies | |
| Film and Television | |
| The Arts | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | |
| Education | |
| Poverty and Homelessness | |
| Criminal Behavior | |
| Gender and Sex Roles | |
| Race and Ethnicity in America | |
| Terrorism and War | |
| America Abroad In Political Science | |
| Science and Technology | |
| Digital Technology and the Internet | |
| Bioethics | |
| Public Health | |
| Environmental Studies | |
| Business and Economics | |
| Marketing and the American Consumer | |
| The Workplace | |
| The Economic Impact of Outsourcing | |
| The Global Marketplace | |
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