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The Contemporary Reader
By Gary Goshgarian (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Longman Pub Group
Publication date August 4, 2004
Pages 545
Binding Paperback
Edition 8
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780321207821
ISBN-10 0321207823
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight 1.65 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $68.60
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Contemporary Reader reader includes more contemporary selections than any other popular culture reader on the market with over 90% of the readings written in the last five years. The text's ten tightly focused thematic chapters cover a range of writing on interesting issues familiar to students and relevant to our times. Readings are organized around a variety of appealing, thought-provoking themes such as “Fashion and Flesh: The Images We Project,” “Advertising: Wanting It, Selling It,” “On the Cutting Edge of Science: Human Cloning and Genetic Engineering,” “Making the Grade: Education Today,” “Gender Perceptions,” and “The American Experience.”

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780321245083 Book cover for 9780673524133
 
8 edition from Longman Pub Group (August 1, 2004)
9780321245083 | details & prices | List price $55.01
5 tch edition from Harpercollins College Div (June 1, 1996)
9780673524133 | details & prices | List price $10.25
Paperback
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11 pck unb edition from Longman Pub Group (January 17, 2015); titled "The Contemporary Reader: Books a La Carte Edition"
9780134152431 | details & prices | 488 pages | 8.75 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.40 lbs | List price $82.00
11 pap/psc edition from Longman Pub Group (November 30, 2014)
9780134017150 | details & prices | 488 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $116.20
About: A best-selling popular culture reader, The Contemporary Reader offers more than 70 readings taken from today’s headlines to inspire students to write on topics that really matter to them.
11 edition from Longman Pub Group (August 27, 2012)
9780321871893 | details & prices | 488 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.32 lbs | List price $108.20
10th edition from Longman Pub Group (January 4, 2010)
9780205741441 | details & prices | 527 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $83.67
9 edition from Longman Pub Group (October 24, 2007)
9780205568222 | details & prices | 609 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $78.60
The price comparison is for this edition
8 edition from Longman Pub Group (August 4, 2004)
9780321207821 | details & prices | 545 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $68.60
About: The Contemporary Reader reader includes more contemporary selections than any other popular culture reader on the market with over 90% of the readings written in the last five years.
8 edition from Addison-Wesley (August 4, 2004)
9789990058611 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $0.02
7 edition from Longman Pub Group (July 1, 2001)
9780321083425 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $83.20
6 sub edition from Longman Pub Group (July 1, 1998)
9780321002051 | details & prices | 580 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $49.00
from Harpercollins College Div (June 1, 1996)
9780673524126 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $39.45
About: This edition features a diverse selection of essays by contemporary writers.
4 stu sub edition from Harpercollins College Div (March 1, 1994)
9780673522214 | details & prices | 560 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $32.00
4 tch sub edition from Harpercollins College Div (September 1, 1992)
9780673522221 | details & prices | 560 pages | List price $11.60

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