American Voices: Culture and Community
- ISBN-10
- 0767411293
- ISBN-13
- 9780767411295
- Series
- American Voices
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 692
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
- Authors
- Dolores LaGuardia, Hans Paul Guth
Description
This best-selling reader-rhetoric offers 110 provocative readings representing various genres, by Americans of diverse cultural backgrounds. It addresses both contemporary issues and enduring challenges, in a comprehensive portrait of American society and culture. Its introduction and 12 thematically arranged chapters conclude with extensive writing workshops that focus on elements related to the chapters' themes.
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- 2002-08
- 777 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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- 1997-10-01
- 742 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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- 1996
- 714 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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- 2005-10-14
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- Wiley-Blackwell
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