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Ackley, Katherine Anne.

Perspectives on contemporary issues : readings across the disciplines / [compiled and edited by] Katherine Anne Ackley. - 4th ed. - Boston : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006. - xxii, 762 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes Index

Part one: Writing critically and conducting research --
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 --
Part two: The arts, media studies, and popular culture --
Music and video games --
Media studies --
Film and television --
The arts --
Part three: 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 --
Part four: Science and technology --
Digital technology and the internet --
Bioethics --
Public health --
Environmental studies --
Part five: Business and economics --
Marketing and the American consumer --
The workplace --
The economic impact of outsourcing --
The global marketplace.

ISBN: 1413010687 1413018548

ISSN: 9781413010688

Subjects--Topical Terms:
College readers.
Interdisciplinary approach in education
English language--Rhetoric
Academic writing
Current events
Readers--Current events.

LC Class. No.: PE1417 / .P41