
Reading the World
Michael Austin(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 10. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
680 pages
978-0-393-42068-5 (ISBN)
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Description
With 77 readings by some of the world's great thinkers, Reading the World is the only great ideas reader to offer a global perspective, allowing students to explore the development of ideas across cultures, an increasingly important approach in our diverse society. Selections strike a balance between Western and non-Western, classic and contemporary, verbal and visual, and longer and shorter. The new edition features a new chapter on Ethics & Empathy, a new casebook on Visual Arguments, 36 new readings in total and new guidance on identifying and avoiding bias.
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Edition
Fourth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-42068-5 (9780393420685)
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Person
Michael Austin is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Snow College. Before moving to Utah, he served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at University of Evansville, and before that, Dean of Graduate Studies at Shepherd University (West Virginia) where he taught composition, world literature, and British literature. In addition to Reading the World, he is the author of several books, including A Voice in the Wilderness: Conversations with Terry Tempest Williams.