Civil Mind

Name: Civil Mind
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ISBN: 9781413013009

ISBN-10: 1413013007

ISBN-13: 9781413013009

Edition: 2007

Authors: Janet Bland, Margaret Whitt

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THE CIVIL MIND engages students in relevant national discourse by immersing themselves in some of the predominate conversations taking place in American culture. Issues of national concern such as race, religion, immigration, sexuality, technology, and terrorism are at the heart of writing instruction in THE CIVIL MIND, so students are reading, thinking, talking, and writing in response to a wide variety of national debates. As students evaluate their cultural context in relation to certain issues, they can better understand and participate in that culture, no matter if their opinions are conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between. There is a place for everyone in THE CIVIL MIND, and…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cengage Heinle
Publication date: 8/8/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 736
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Introduction



America and Democracy: A Rhetoric About Writing



Thinking and Reading about America


Nation Building: Who Was Here and Who Came


They Walked Here


They Came by Choice


They Came by Force


Thinking about Our Complexities: Voices in the Chorus


""Song of Myself,"" Section 26, Walt Whitman


""Of the Dawn of Freedom,"" W.E.B. Du Bois


The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston


""The Loudest Voice,"" Grace Paley


Reading about Our Diversities: Expectations and Clues


""Recitatif,"" Toni Morrison