| Reading the World Contributor(s): Austin, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 039342068X ISBN-13: 9780393420685 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $80.51 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Readers - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 680 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With 77 readings by some of the world's great thinkers, Reading the World is the only great ideas reader to offer a global perspective, allowing students to explore the development of ideas across cultures, an increasingly important approach in our diverse society. Selections strike a balance between Western and non-Western, classic and contemporary, verbal and visual, and longer and shorter. The new edition features a new chapter on Ethics & Empathy, a new casebook on Visual Arguments, 36 new readings in total, and new guidance on identifying and avoiding bias. |
Contributor Bio(s): Austin, Michael: - Michael Austin (Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara) is Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at University of Evansville. Before moving to Evansville, he was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Newman University (Kansas), and before that, Dean of Graduate Studies at Shepherd University (West Virginia) where he taught composition, world literature, and British literature. In addition to Reading the World, he is the author of several books, including A Voice in the Wilderness: Conversations with Terry Tempest Williams. |