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Title: Plain Style: A Guide to Written English by Christopher Lasch, Stewart Weaver ISBN: 0-8122-1814-0 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Update of, and Supplement to, Strunk & White
Comment: Similar in style and tone (and usefulness) to Strunk & White's classic "Elements of Style". Short, pithy, intelligent. Lots of examples, followed by Professor Lasch's thoughtful, penetrating, often witty comments. Recommended for all undergrads.
Rating: 4
Summary: Hard-Hitting, Witty and Astute
Comment: The introductory essay alone makes this book worthwhile -- the editor traces Lasch's evolution as a historian, and shows how his interest in plain writing evolved along with his political thinking. The examples in the text are both entertaining and informative, and the writing advice is excellent. A good resource people who care about how writing and thinking impact our society.
Rating: 2
Summary: I appreciate what he attempted, but...
Comment: I appreciate what the author was attempting to do, but do not feel the book succeeds. It is too dry to read on its own (as a sort of William Safire-style curmudgeon rant on language), and not comprehensive enough to be a useful desk reference.
In addition, the first 30 or so pages are actually a biography of the author (who died a few years ago) by one of his colleagues. Perhaps to someone researching Lasch himself (who was, admittedly, a renown academic) this material would be interesting, but it isn't in the context of language reference.
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Title: The Revolt of the Elites: And the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher Lasch ISBN: 0393313719 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Grounding of Modern Feminism by Nancy F. Cott ISBN: 0300042280 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1989 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Ben Tillman & the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (The Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) by Stephen Kantrowitz ISBN: 0807848395 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Making a New Deal : Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 by Lizabeth Cohen ISBN: 0521428386 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Telltale Hearts : The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement by Adam Garfinkle ISBN: 0312163630 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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