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Title: Rereading America by Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle ISBN: 0-312-24917-9 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Textbook Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good look at how ideology influences social experience
Comment: I have read this book and have used it in a class for advanced EFL students studying the US.
While I would agree that there is clearly an editorial bias in the book, the selection of most of the pieces published is *excellent*. The organizational idea is perfect for courses which examine/explore main social values in US society, and is useful in discussing the whole topic of 'diversity' as it is thrown around in the US and elsewhere.
I do think the editors could have been less heavy handed with their interpretation of what is 'critical thinking'. There is an introduction for each piece which, in my view, tries to force a particular viewpoint rather than simply challenge an existing one or open a topic for broader examination. The editors don't leave much room for those with more conservative views, and I think that this detracts from the credibility of the book as a whole.
I found this book extremely useful with my students, most of whom (unlike US college students) have very little experience with academic material that challenges mainstream or traditional thinking. Students should be made to understand that they needn't accept the perspective of the editor or author outright...Critical Thinking includes challenging the challengers!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for foreign people
Comment: I used this book while attending an ESL program in California, and i have to say it is one of the best books i have ever read. It opens your mind in every sense, and it helps you understand diversity, culture, family and racial issues in the US. Very enlightning. I highly recommend it, specially for those who want to better understand american society.
Rating: 1
Summary: Tripe
Comment: If you enjoy fluffy propoganda pieces, this is the book for you. The authors implore student-readers to "take a more active role in defining [their] own values, voices, and ways of seeing," but the questions they follow the readings with are preemptive ideological strikes against open inquiry. It's like a peastant trying to debate Stalin on the merits of agricultural collectives. The great irony is that for all their critiques of power structure, they assume the most dominating of all power structures: perspective and truth. It is a classic example of idealogues trying to establish the truth that there is no truth. It works as comedy; it's useless as honest, open inquiry.
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Title: Without a Hero: Stories by T. Coraghessan Boyle ISBN: 0140178392 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Good Reasons: Designing and Writing Effective Arguments (2nd Edition) by Lester Faigley, Jack Selzer, Victoria Davis, Eric Lupfer ISBN: 0321105311 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $38.67 |
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Title: A Writer's Reference, Fifth Edition by Diana Hacker ISBN: 0312397674 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $46.15 |
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Title: The Brief English Handbook: A Guide to Writing, Thinking, Grammar, and Research, Seventh Edition by Edward A. Dornan, Charles W. Dawe ISBN: 0321182723 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 24 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.80 |
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Title: Concise Guide to Writing by Rise B. Axelrod, Charles R. Cooper ISBN: 0312390831 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
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