Little, Brown Reader - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0673396800 ISBN 13 : 9780673396808

Synopsis

Book by Stubbs Marcia Barnet Sylvan

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Instructors who have used The Little, Brown Reader know that it helps to develop students' powers of critical thinking and their skills as readers and writers.

• Five introductory chapters that emphasize ways of thoughtfully reading and responding to texts and to pictures.
• Over 140 readings, 60 of which are new to this edition, ranging from Plato to the present. Selections are arranged thematically, on topics such as art and life, teaching and learning, identities, and work, with a final chapter of "Classics Essays".
• Two new thematic chapters: "Memoirs" (Chapter 6) and "The Millennium" (Chapter 14).
• New casebooks in five of the thematic chapters: A Casebook on Divorce; A Casebook on Race; A Casebook on Computers in the Schools; A Casebook on Crime; and A Casebook on the Ethics of Cloning.
• Questions--"Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing"--after each selection.
• Photographs and "Short Views" at the beginning of each thematic chapter.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Little, Brown Reader, one of the best-known and most respected thematic readers available today, continues its tradition of excellence by bringing together contemporary and classic readings with extensive critical reading and writing instruction and numerous illustrations.

The strength of The Little, Brown Reader has always been its distinctive collection of readings and its unmatched apparatus; the Tenth Edition enhances both features, further improving the text's focus on critical thinking and writing. Little Brown works in every classroom–a range of themes and a flexible format encourage a variety of teaching styles. The readings are well balanced with selections by well-known writers, new writers, and students.

 

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0673396800
• ISBN 13: 9780673396808
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible