Provocative selections — half are new — that students will actually want to read. Here are some highlights:
Journalist Louis Uchitelle contends that the American Dream is elusive for this generation of job-seekers.
Psychologist Barbara A. Spellman dissects the practices of reality TV, some so degrading that if they were research experiments, they would be disqualified on ethical grounds.
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, claims that business should exist for the good of all its stakeholders.
Thoroughly revised with six new topics. New debates examine the derogatory use of the word “retard,” the environmental costs of recycling plastic, and the social responsibility of businesses. New casebooks explore the effects of social networking on human interactions, the ethics of food production, and biases in the news.
A new first chapter introduces students to a broader range of approaches to argument. It outlines Aristotelian, Rogerian, and Toulmin argument and lays a foundation for students to understand and write arguments of their own.
More scaffolding to better help students research and write argumentative papers.
The research section now follows the work of a student writer as she responds to an assignment and researches, writes, and revises her paper, providing a real-world model.
“Research Readiness” activities (9 total) help students practice the most crucial research skills such as narrowing a search of electronic sources or writing a summary.
Additional sentence templates help students incorporate what others have to say while including their own voices, a key skill in academic writing.
A new sample MLA paper on engineered foods.
More visual than ever before. A fresh new design provides greater clarity, and over new 60 photographs provide visual examples and opportunities for analysis.