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Tables of Contents for Readings for the 21st Century
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xxiii
Students in a New Century
The Past as Prologue
A Eulogy for the Twentieth Century---The Great Relearning
2
5
Tom Wolfe
The Character of Our Campuses
7
4
Fareed Zakaria
Education---Less of It!
11
9
Tertius Chandler
Big Brother's Two-Minute Hate: Regulating Vice on Campus
20
4
Linda Bowles
What's in a (Team) Name?---The War against Indian Symbols: Athletic Tradition and Social Sensitivity
24
7
John J. Miller
Myth and Mayhem: How Terrorists Use Our Own Pop Culture Images against Us
31
10
Matt Zoller Seitz
Point/Counterpoint: Will the Internet Help Higher Education?
Linked up for Learning
41
8
Bill Gates
From ``The End of Education''
49
8
Neil Postman
Making Connections
57
3
Contemporary Careers---The Workplace and You
The Past as Prologue
Starting Out in Business
60
5
Ben Franklin
College Pays
65
3
Robert E. Hall
How Practical Experience Can Help Revitalize Our Tired Model of Higher Education
68
8
Richard M. Freeland
No Time for Fun
76
4
Nadya Labi
Hooked on Research: Postgraduate Studies, While Not Always Well Paid, Can Be Addictive
80
4
Natasha McDowell
Jill-in-a-Box: Women in Top Management
84
8
The Economist
The War on Sexual Harassment: Protection or Witch-Hunt?
92
5
Cathy Young
Automated Fabrication: Creating Ultracustomized Products
97
6
Marshall Burns
Point/Counterpoint: What's it Like to Work for Managers and to Manage Workers?
Dining with Cannibals
103
4
Pop
Sub-Middle Management Worksick Blues
107
5
Lotte Absence
Making Connections
112
2
Cybersociety---Life in the Information Age
The Past as Prologue
From ``Media and the American Mind''
114
4
Daniel Czitrom
Telelearning: The Multimedia Revolution in Education
118
9
William E. Halal
Jay Leibowitz
Is There a ``There'' in Cyberspace?
127
8
John Perry Barlow
The Internet in Black and White
135
3
Dejuan Walker
Babes in the Net
138
4
Sadie Plant
Thinking Outside the Mailbox
142
5
Heather Havrilesky
Foraging for Music in the Digital Jungle
147
7
Neil Straus
Digital Age Cheats Us of Honor
154
4
Robert S. Boynton
Point/Counterpoint: Children and Cyberporn
Shouting Fire in a Virtual Theater
158
3
Maureen Farsan
Children, Child Abuse, and Cyberporn: A Primer for Clear Thinkers
161
7
Mike Godwin
Making Connections
168
2
Feminine Gender---Present Tense
The Past as Prologue
The Solitude of Self
170
7
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
She's Not Really Ill...
177
3
Maureen Dowd
Why Mothers Should Stay Home
180
10
Deborah Fallows
The False Dichotomy: Devoted Mother or Cold Careerist
190
8
Joan K. Peters
Feminism---It's a Black Thang!
198
3
Bell Hooks
Manhandled by Madison Avenue
201
4
Ivy Mcclure Stewart
Kate Kennedy
The Case for Sex Work
205
5
Silja Talvi
Point/Counterpoint: Who's to Blame for Date Rape?
It's a Jungle Out There, So Get Used to It!
210
6
Camille Paglia
Whose Hype?
216
4
Susan Faludi
Making Connections
220
2
The Millennial Melting Pot---Race in Twenty-First Century America
The Past as Prologue
The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, but It Bends toward Justice
222
5
Maya Angelou
The Campus Divided, and Divided Again
227
4
Arthur Levine
Rethinking Racial Profiling
231
4
John Farmer
Mother Tongue
235
7
Amy Tan
Barrio Boy
242
4
Ernesto Galarza
Tribes and Tribulations
246
6
Jennifer Juarez Robles
Who's White? Who's Hispanic? Who Cares?
252
4
Jeff Jacoby
It's Not Easy Being White
256
4
William Raspberry
America as a Collage
260
5
Ryzsard Kapuscinski
Point/Counterpoint: Reparations for Slavery?
An Idea Whose Time has Come
265
4
Manning Marable
Does America Owe Reparations?
269
3
Walter Williams
Making Connections
272
2
The Environment of the Twenty-First Century
The Past as Prologue
Silent Spring: A Fable for Our Time
274
3
Rachel Carson
In the Jungle
277
5
Annie Dillard
Not in My Backyard! The Waste-Disposal Crisis
282
8
Ted Peters
If Global Warming Is Real, How Should Mankind Repond?
290
6
Andrew C. Palmer
Reforest the Earth!
296
4
Norman Myers
How My Electric Car Saves the World
300
3
Trevor Carson
Sprawl Is America's Great Strength
303
4
The Economist
The DNA Bomb: A Terrorist Weapon
307
9
Erik Baard
Point/Counterpoint: Should We Fear for the Future?
Not So Fast
316
6
Bill McKibben
Seven Doomsday Myths about the Environment
322
9
Ronald Bailey
Making Connections
331
3
Medicine---Human Life and Human Technology
The Past as Prologue
1933 Medicine
334
9
Lewis Thomas
The Code of the Universe
343
7
James A. Haught
From ``Prescription Medicide''
350
5
Jack Kevorkian
Reading the Book of Life: The Context; A Pearl and a Hodgepodge: Human DNA
355
7
Natalie Angier
Beyond Prozac
362
6
Peter Jaret
When is a Mother Not a Mother?
368
9
Katha Pollitt
Fear and Loathing in Sex Education
377
13
Pratima Cranse
Point/Counterpoint: Human Cloning
Fatalist Attraction
390
6
Virginia Postrel
Arrogance is Key to Human Cloning
396
4
Ellie Tesher
Making Connections
400
2
Popular Culture---Is Rock and Roll Really Here to Stay?
The Past as Prologue
On ``Junk Food for the Soul'': In Defense of Rock and Roll
402
8
Frank Zappa
Raised on Rock-and-Roll
410
4
Anna Quindlen
The White Negro Revisited: White Rappers
414
7
Josh Ozersky
Keeping Its Cool: MTV Stays Hip---and Powerful---by Remaining Indispensable to Music, Fashion, and Movies
421
5
Patrick Goldstein
My Eleven Minutes of Fame on the Open Mike
426
7
David Pellicane
`Free' Music Can Free the Artist
433
3
Chuck D.
A Selected Chronology of Twentieth-Century Musical Controversy
436
6
Fred Bronson
Point/Counterpoint: Should We Control Content?
Curbing the Sexploitation Industry
442
5
Tipper Gore
Free Speech: Lyrics, Liberty, and License
447
8
Sam Brownback
Making Connections
455
3
How Should We Respond to Terrorism?
The Past as Prologue
The Crisis through a Generational Lense
458
4
Fred Brock
Why the Terrorists Attacked Us
462
4
Samuel Francis
Blaming bin Laden First
466
4
Christopher Hitchens
Confrontation between Islam and the West?
470
4
Thomas Sowell
Time to Rethink Our Immigration Policy
474
4
Linda Chavez
Cultural Leaders Turn a Blind Eye to Evil
478
3
John Leo
Let's Face the Terrifying Facts on Oil
481
4
Alison Ames
Point/Counterpoint: What Rights Should Terroists Have?
Ashcroft Puts Civil Liberties in Jeopardy
485
4
Nat Hentoff
No More Jury Trials for Terrorists
489
4
Michelle Malkin
Making Connections
493
1
Credits
494
2
Rhetorical Index
496
6
Index of Authors and Titles
502