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Preface | |
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Introduction to Writing and Reading Arguments | |
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What is Argument? | |
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Deductive Reasoning In Argument | |
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Induction In Argument | |
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Different Types of Arguments and Claims | |
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Reading and Critiquing Arguments | |
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Annotated Professional Argument | |
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"What's Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses" | |
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Re-creating the Family | |
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Introduction | |
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"Saplings in the Storm" | |
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"Decommercializing Childhood" | |
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"Multi-Tasking Man" | |
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"For a Politics of Quality of Life" | |
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"A More Perfect Union" | |
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Differing Perspectives: How Can Individuals and Social Institutions Help to Sustain Marriages and Reduce The Rate of Divorce? | |
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"The Legacy of Divorce" | |
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"Marriage Plus" | |
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Educating a Nation | |
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Introduction | |
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"Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education" | |
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"How Media Education Can Promote Democracy" | |
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"Unplugged Schools" | |
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"Which Number Will You Be?" | |
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"Cleaner, Greener U" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Does High Stakes Uniform Achievement Testing Do More Harm Than Good? | |
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"Testing Makes for Progress in Learning" | |
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"High-Stakes Testing is Putting the Nation at Risk" | |
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Revisioning Immigration | |
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Introduction | |
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"A Legacy of the Unforeseen" | |
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"The Return of the Melting Pot" | |
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"The American Kaleidoscope, Then and Now" | |
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"Becoming American" | |
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"Hispanics and the American Dream" | |
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"Immigration's Aftermath" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Should Documented Non-Citizen Immigrants Be Given The Right to Vote? | |
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"Non-Citizen Voting: Pipe Dream or Possibility" | |
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"The Debate Over Non-Citizen Voting" | |
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Engaging Work | |
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Introduction | |
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"In Praise of Idleness" | |
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"On the Front Lines of the Service Sector" | |
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"Is Your Job Going Abroad?" | |
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"The Legacy of Dreams" | |
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"Millions of Jobs of a Different Collar" | |
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"Work Rules" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Should Work Make Us Happy? | |
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"Workers of the World, Relax" | |
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"Work Makes Life Sweet" bell hooks | |
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Censoring Extreme Speech | |
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Introduction | |
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"A Plea for Free Speech in Boston" | |
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"'Speech Codes' on the Campus and Problems of Free Speech" | |
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"Hate Speech Harms Public Discourse" | |
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"On Campus: Free Speech for You But Not for Me?" | |
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"Conspiracy Theories 101" | |
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"Celebrity Bigots" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Should Internet Hate Speech Be Regulated? | |
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"Countering Hate on the Internet: Recommendations for Action" | |
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"Why We Need Free Speech Online" | |
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Blaming the Media for Youth Violence | |
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Introduction | |
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"Aggression: The Impact of Media Violence" | |
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"Stop Blaming Kids and TV for Crime and Substance Abuse" | |
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"Media and Risky Behaviors: Aggressive and Violent Behavior" | |
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"Playing War: Real Combat Video Games" | |
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"Evaluating the Research on Violent Video Games" | |
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"Testimony on Media Violence" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Is Media Violence A Result Of The Battle For Ratings Or Our Own Cultural Values? | |
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"Is Media Violence Free Speech?" | |
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Speaking Out About Pop Music | |
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Introduction | |
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"Crowds and Freedom" | |
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"Creativity and Band Dynamics" | |
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"Statement to the Committee" | |
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"The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto" | |
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"Politicians Might Hear, But Does Popular Culture Have the Power to Make Them Act?" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Should College Students on Campus be the Target of Recording Industry Crackdowns on Illegal Downloading? | |
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"The Music Industry's 'Spring Offensive'" | |
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"Explaining the Crackdown on Student Downloading" | |
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Spying and Privacy | |
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Introduction | |
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"Take My Privacy, Please!" | |
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"Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)" | |
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"Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society!" | |
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"The Myth of the 'Transparent Society'" | |
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International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications | |
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"Rome Memorandum: Report and Guidance on Privacy in Social Network Services" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Has the Patriot Act Made Us Feel Safer at the Cost of Our Privacy? | |
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"1984 in 2003?: Fears About the Patriot Act Are Misguided" | |
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"Surveillance State" | |
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Changing Nature | |
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Introduction | |
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"GeoSigns" The Big Thaw" | |
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"Don't Believe the Hype" | |
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"Policy Address on Global Warming" | |
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"Is Corporate Greenwashing Headed for a Fall?" | |
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"Carbon Offsets: Buying Your Way Out of Responsibility" | |
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Differing Perspectives: Will Genetically Engineered Crops and Organisms Help Us Survive Climate Change or Further Upset The Balance of Nature? | |
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"Biotech Century: Playing Russian Roulette with Mother Nature's Designs" | |
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"Will Frankenfood Save the Planet?" | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |
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Additional Titles of Interest | |