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Longman Academic Reading Series. Level 5 : Reading skills for college

By: Lorraine C. SmithPublication details: White Plains : NY Pearson Education, c2014, Description: xxvi, 303 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780132760676; 0132760673 Subject(s): 1. English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. 2.Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc. 3. College readersDDC classification: 428.64 SMI
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Contents:
Chapter 1 SOCIOLOGY: How We Become Who We Are
Reading One Becoming a Person
Reading Two The Birth of Personality
Reading Three Agents of Socialization

Chapter 2 ART HISTORY: Origins of Modern Art
Reading One Breaking with Tradition: The Begiinnings of Modernism
Reading Two Post-Impressionism
Reading Three Abstract Expressionism

Chapter 3 ANTHROPOLOGY: The Study of Human Cultures
Reading One The Challenge of Defining Culture
Reading Two The Nature of Foraging and Horticultural Societies
Reading Three Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative

Chapter 4 SCIENCE: Human Achievements over Time
Reading One A Great Human Endeavor: Building the Gothic Cathedrals
Reading Two From Stone to Satellite: Finding Our Way
Reading Three Reaching for the Stars: The 100-Year Starship Project

Chapter 5 POLITICAL SCIENCE: Managing Hard Times
Reading One The Great Depression: A Nation in Crisis
Reading Two The Works Progress Administration and the Federal Arts Project
Reading Three An Artist's Perspective on the Federal Arts Project

Chapter 6 HEALTH SCIENCES: Medical Mysteries Solved
Reading One Solving a Deadly Puzzle
Reading Two Imprisoned without a Trial: The Story of Typhoid Mary
Reading Three The Discovery of a Miracle Drug

Chapter 7 LITERATURE: Storytelling through Poetry
Reading One Themes and Characters in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Reading Two The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Reading Three The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Chapter 8 HISTORY: Encountering New Worlds
Reading One Europe on the Eve of Conquest
Reading Two Native American Histories before the Conquest
Reading Three West Africa at the Time of European Exploration

Chapter 9 BUSINESS: Ethical Issues
Reading One Promoting Ethics in the Workplace
Reading Two Ethical Reasoning
Reading Three Should Mary Buy Her Bonus?

Chapter 10 MIGRATION STUDIES: In Search of a New Life
Reading One Human Migration
Reading Two The Westward Journey: A Personal Perspective
Reading Three Wooden Trunk from Buchenwald

Includes index

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