America now
Subtitle: short readings from recent periodicals
By: edited by Robert Atwan ; exercises prepared with the assistance of Valerie Duff-Strautmann, Mallory Moore
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781457615931
Subjects: Report writing; Problems, exercises; Civilization; Readers; College readers; Rhetoric; English language
Notes: "2013 issue"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface for instructors; title: The persuasive writer : expressing opinions with clarity, confidence, and civility; title: What's in a name?; title: Relationships today : is marriage in decline?; title: Communicating through social media : what do we gain? What do we lose?; title: How imporant are racial and ethnic identity?; title: The American consumer : is everything for sale?; title: College sports : is it time to change the game?; title: Is society becoming less violent?; title: The American language today : how is it changing?; title: Education : does college still matter?; title: The economy : are we making progress?; title: Can we shrink our growing prison population?; title: Debating climate change : how scientific is the evidence?