About the Book
This multicultural, thematic reader takes on thought-provoking, global issues. "The New World Reader" presents first-year writing students with 66 timely essays by established writers on the most significant issues of the post-September 11th world. Working with recently published selections from well-known writers, students will have the opportunity to consider such strategic questions as the changing face of America, the challenges and consequences of globalization, the just response to terror, the international digital revolution, and the fate of the global environment. Challenged by notable contemporary thinkers and writers, students will be encouraged - individually and as members of a community - to come to grips with a world that is now subject to complex transformations.
Table of Contents:
1. Thinking, Reading, and Writing About the New Global Era Critical Thinking Thinking About an Essay: Nicholas B. Kristof, Love and Race Reading Critically Reading an Essay Critically: Ray Gonzalez, The Ladybugs Writing in Response to Reading Writing in Response to an Essay: Patricia Leigh-Brown, At Muslim Prom, It's Girls-Only Night 2. New American Mosaic: Are We Becoming a Universal Nation? N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain Ishmael Reed, America: The Multinational Society Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Our Rainbow Underclass Ronald Takaki, Asian Immigrants: Actors in History Bharati Mukherjee, American Dreamer Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The Cult of Ethnicity Richard Rodriguez, Go North, Young Man 3. Speaking in Tongues: Does Language Unify or Divide? Amy Tan, Mother Tongue Chang-rae Lee, Mute in an English-Only World Janice Castro, with Dan Cook and Cristina Garcia, Spanglish James Baldwin, If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? Ilan Savans, Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language William H. Frey, Multilingual America Isabel Allende, Reading the History of the World 4. Global Relationships: Are Sex and Gender Roles Changing? Lizette Alvarez, Arranged Marriages Get a Little Reshuffling Kofi A. Annan, In Africa, AIDS Has a Woman's Face Ann Grace Mojtabai, Polygamy Ellen Goodman, Justice for Women Richard Rodriguez, Family Values Mary Morris, Traveling Alone Barbara Ehrenreich and Annette Fuentes, Life on the Global Assembly Line 5. The Challenge of Globalization: What Are the Consequences? Thomas L. Friedman, Prologue: The Super-Story Pico Iyer, The Global Village Finally Arrives Johan Norberg, The Noble Feat of Nike Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Fear Not Globalization Anthony Giddens, Globalisation Jamaica Kincaid, On Seeing England for the First Time Benjamin Barber, The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer? 6. Culture Wars: Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? Barbara Ehrenreich, Cultural Baggage Carol Norris, Eat All of Your McAfrika, Honey Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? Octavio Paz, Hygiene and Repression Michael Medved, That's Entertainment? Hollywood's Contribution to Anti-Americanism Abroad Mario Vargas Llosa, The Culture of Liberty Paul A. Cantor, Simpson Agonistes 7. The Clash of Civilizations: Is Conflict Avoidable? George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant Margaret Atwood, When Afghanistan Was at Peace Dinesh D'Souza, The World in 1500--or the West as a Backwater K. Oanh Ha, American Dream Boat Samuel P. Huntington, The West and the Rest: Intercivilizational Issues Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided Edward Said, Andalusia's Journey 8. The Age of Terror: What Is the Just Response? Naomi Shihab Nye, To Any Would-Be Terrorists Anna Quindlen, One Day, Now Broken in Two Barbara Kingsolver, And Our Flag Was Still There Peter Carey, Letter from New York Jeffrey Rosen, Bad Luck: Why Americans Exaggerate the Terrorist Threat Todd Gitlin, Blaming America First Arundhati Roy, The Algebra of Infinite Justice 9. The Digital Revolution: Will It Bring Us Together? Paul Kennedy, The Electronic Gap Esther Dyson, A Map of the Network Society James Gleick, Big Brother Is Us Thomas L. Friedman, Webbed, Wired, and Worried Michiko Kakutani, Fear, the New Virus of a Connected Era Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil Ali Mazrui and Alamin Mazrui, The Digital Revolution and the New Reformation 10. The Fate of the Earth: Can We Preserve the Global Environment? Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure Andy Rooney, Talking Trash Bill McKibben, Driving Global Warming Annie Dillard, In the Jungle Jane Goodall, Digging Up the Roots Francis Fukuyama, In Defense of Nature, Human and Non-Human Jonathan Schell, A Hole in the World A Casebook on the Contemporary Middle East: Why Does It Matter? Saira Shah, The Storyteller's Daughter Tamim Ansary, Villages and Compounds Edward Said, Blind Imperial Arrogance Amos Oz, We Have Done the Gruntwork of Peace Azar Nafisi, The Veiled Threat Fouad Ajami, Stranger in the Arab-Muslim World Amira Hass, And They Call This Paradise Hassan Nafaa, The Neo-Con Triumph Marjane Satrapi, Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian Female Judge Provokes Controversy Shirin Ebadi, For Iranian Women, a Controversial Victory Appendices A. Conducting Research in the New Global Era B. Glossary of Rhetorical Terms C. Glossary of Globalization Terms
