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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: How to Read and Write Critically | |
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| What is Critical Thinking? | |
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| Why Read Critically? | |
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| How to Read Critically | |
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| What is Critical Writing? | |
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| Strategies for Writing | |
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| The Images We Project | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| "Never Too Buff" | |
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| "The Natural Beauty Myth" | |
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| "Weight of the World" | |
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| "My Hips, My Caderas" | |
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| Viewpoints: "A Man's Guide to Slimming Couture" | |
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| Viewpoints: "Why Do We Get to Laugh at Fat Guys?" | |
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| Wanting It, Selling It | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| Shop 'til We Drop? | |
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| What's Wrong with Cinderella? | |
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| "A Brand by Any Other Name" | |
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| Lux Populi | |
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| Viewpoints: "With These Words I Can Sell You Anything" | |
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| Viewpoints: "The Language of Advertising" | |
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| The American Family in Flux | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| "Family: Idea, Institution, and Controversy" | |
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| "The Decline of Marriage" | |
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| "For Better, For Worse" | |
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| The Cultural Devaluation of Child-Rearing | |
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| Viewpoints: "Why The 'M' Word Matters to Me" | |
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| Viewpoints: "The Case Against Same Sex Marriage" | |
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| Television's Influence | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| "Can TV Improve Us?" | |
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| The Myth of Media Violence | |
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| The Great TV Debate, Jason Kelly | |
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| Three Cheers for Reality TV | |
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| Viewpoints: AAP Recommends No Television for Children | |
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| Viewpoints: "TV Can Be a Good Parent" | |
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| The Global Warming Debate | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| Global Warming Is an Immediate Crisis | |
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| Don't Believe the Hype | |
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| Pew Research Center, Global Warming: A Divide on Causes and Solutions | |
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| Viewpoints: No change in political climate | |
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| Viewpoints: On Comparing Global Warming Denial to Holocaust Denial | |
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| Exploring the Gender Gap | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| "My Most Attractive Adversary" | |
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| "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" | |
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| "Girls, We Really Are Our Own Worst Enemies" | |
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| In Search of Notorious PhDs | |
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| Viewpoints: Homeward Bound | |
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| Viewpoints: The Year of Domesticity | |
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| The University System | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| How to Get a College Education | |
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| A's for Everyone! | |
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| Who Should Get into College? | |
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| What's Wrong with Vocational School? | |
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| Viewpoints: Regulating Racist Speech on Campus (Charles Lawrence III) | |
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| Viewpoints: Muzzling Free Speech | |
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| Race and Ethnicity | |
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| Chapter Introduction | |
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| Inequality, Race and Remedy | |
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| "People Like Us" | |
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| "Please Ask Me 'Who,' Not 'What' I Am" | |
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| Getting Under My Skin | |
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| Viewpoints: The Racial Profiling Myth Lives On | |
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| Viewpoints: "You have the right to remain a target of racial profiling" | |
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| The Immigration Debate: Chapter Introduction | |
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| Forging a New Vision for America's Meltingpot | |
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| Do We Want Mexifornia? | |
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| Can We Still Afford to be a Nation of Immigrants? | |
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| The Next Americans | |
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| Viewpoints: A Nation Divided by One Language | |
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| Viewpoints: My Spanish Standoff | |
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