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Mastering College Textbook Reading
SECOND EDITION
Gene Wintner
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pp. 26-27: from The Media of Mass Communication, 7th Ed., 2006 Update, by John Vivian. New York; Pearson Education, 2006; pp. 30-31: excerpt
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Brummett et al. Copyright © 2000 by Pearson/Longman. Reprinted by permission; pp. 43-44, 46-47: from Lester A. Lefton, Psychology, 7th Ed. Published by
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2000 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 48-49; from Henslin, James M.
Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright ® 2005 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of
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William S., Basic Chemistry, 7th Ed., © 1995, pp. 52-54. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ; pp. 71-72: excerpt p. 11
from Life, 5th Ed., by Ricki Lewis, et al. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004, Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 75-76: excerpt pp. 76-77 from
Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications, 2nd Ed., by William P. Cunningham and Mary Ann Cunningham. New York: McGraw-Hill,
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Communication Today, 5th Ed., © 1998, pp. 56, 58. Adapted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. Part Ill: pp. 110-134 from
Henslin, James M. Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher, pp. 138-172 from The Art of Being Human, 8th Ed., by Richard Janaro and Thelma Altshuler. Copyright © 2006 by
Richard Janaro and Thelma Altshuler. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc.; pp. 176-196 from Albanese, Jay S., Criminal Justice, 3rd Ed.
Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 1999 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 200-211 Daub, G.
William; Seese, William S., Basic Chemistry, 7th Ed., © 1995, pp. 1-11. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ;
pp. 215-246 excerpt from The World of Psychology, 5th Ed., by Samuel Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd. New York; Pearson Education, 2005;
pp. 250-275 from John Vivian, The Media Of Mass Communication, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2005
by Pearson
Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 280-332 excerpt pp. 361-398 from Health: The Basics, 6th Ed, by RebeccaJ. Donatelle.
Copyright ©
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MASTERING
COLLEGE
TEXTBOOK
READING
GENE WINTNER
,
,Textcerpts
Mastering College Textbook Reading
SECOND EDITION
Gene Wintner
Northern Essex Community College
New York SanFrancisco Boston
London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore Madrid
PEARSON
RIS
Mexico City Munich Paris Cape Town HongKong Montreal
Longman
DISCARDED
, Acquisitions Editor: Melanie Craig
Associate Editor: Frederick Speers
Marketing Manager: Tom DeMarco
Senior Supplements Editor: Donna Campion
Media Supplements Editor: Jenna Egan
Project Coordination, Text Design, and Electronic Page Makeup: Pre-Press Company, Inc.
Cover Design Manager: Wendy Ann Fredericks
Cover Designer: Base Art Company
Cover Illustration/Photo: Julian Opie, Incident in the Library IJ, 1983. Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London Limited.
Manufacturing Buyer: Lucy Hebard
Printer and Binder: Courier Corporation
Cover Printer: Color Corporation
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wintner, Gene.
Textcerpts: mastering college textbook reading / Gene Wintner.--2nd ed. p. cm.
ISBN 0-321-36470-8
1. Reading (Higher education) 2. Reading comprehension. |. Title.
LB2395.3.W575 2007
428.4071 '1--dc22 2006041554
Copyright © 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written
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Credits: Part I; p. 6: from Lester A. Lefton, Psychology, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2000 by Pearson Education. Reprinted
by permission of the publisher; pp. 7-8: from W. J. Seiler & M.L. Beall, Communication: Making Connections 4" ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA.
Copyright © 1999 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Part II: pp. 21-22, 24-25 from W. J. Seiler & M.L. Beall, Communication:
Making Connections 4th ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 1999 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher;
pp. 26-27: from The Media of Mass Communication, 7th Ed., 2006 Update, by John Vivian. New York; Pearson Education, 2006; pp. 30-31: excerpt
pp. 540-54 1from The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, 5th Ed., by Nash, Jeffrey, Howe, Frederick, Davis and Winkler. Copyright © 2001 by
Longman. Reprinted by permission; pp. 34-35: from The Art of Being Human, 8th Ed., by Richard Janaro and Thelma Altshuler. Copyright © 2006 by Richard
Janaro and Thelma Altshuler. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc; pp. 38-39: excerpt p. 879 from Civilization Past and Present, 9th Ed., by
Brummett et al. Copyright © 2000 by Pearson/Longman. Reprinted by permission; pp. 43-44, 46-47: from Lester A. Lefton, Psychology, 7th Ed. Published by
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2000 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 48-49; from Henslin, James M.
Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright ® 2005 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of
the publisher; pp, 52-53: from Barbara D. Miller, Cultural Anthropology, 3rd Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson
Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 56-57: excerpt p. 278 from American Government; Continuity and Change, 2006 Edition by Karen
O'Connor and LarryJ.Sabato. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Reprinted by permission; pp. 60-61: excerpt pp. 179-180 from Essentials of
Economics, 4th Ed., by Paul R. Gregory. Copyright @1999 by Addison Wesley Longman. Reprinted by permission; pp. 65-66, 69-70: Daub, G. William; Seese,
William S., Basic Chemistry, 7th Ed., © 1995, pp. 52-54. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ; pp. 71-72: excerpt p. 11
from Life, 5th Ed., by Ricki Lewis, et al. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004, Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 75-76: excerpt pp. 76-77 from
Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications, 2nd Ed., by William P. Cunningham and Mary Ann Cunningham. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2004. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 79-80 Permission to reproduce New Perspectives on Computer Concepts, 7th Ed., Introductory 7" edition,
by PARSONS/OJA, copyright (c) 2004 Course Technology, a division of Thomson Learning, has been granted to Pearson Education / Longman Publishers for
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form of by any means ~ electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise ~ without permission in writing from the Thomson Learning Global
Rights Group: www.thomsonrights.com. Fax 800-730-2215; pp. 83-84; Sullivan, Jim, Prealgebra: Journey into a Mathematical World, 1st Ed. © 2002,
pp. 626-627. Reprinted by permission of Person Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ; pp. 88-89, 91-92: excerpt p. 175 from Health: The Basics, 6th Ed. by
RebeccaJ.Donatelle. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc, Reprinted by permission; pp. 93-94: reprinted from Fundamentals of Nursing, 5th Ed.,
pp. 104-105, by Patricia Potter and Anne Griffin Perry, 2001, with permission from Elsevier, pp. 97-98 excerpt pp. 168-170 from Criminal Justice, 3rd Ed.,
by
Jay S. Albanese. New York: Pearson Education, 2005, Reprinted by permission; pp. 101-102: Rachman/Mescon/Bovee/Thiss, Business Today, 8th Ed.,
© 1997, pp. 340-341. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ; pp. 105-106 Bovee, Courtland L.; Thill, John V., Business
Communication Today, 5th Ed., © 1998, pp. 56, 58. Adapted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. Part Ill: pp. 110-134 from
Henslin, James M. Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher, pp. 138-172 from The Art of Being Human, 8th Ed., by Richard Janaro and Thelma Altshuler. Copyright © 2006 by
Richard Janaro and Thelma Altshuler. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc.; pp. 176-196 from Albanese, Jay S., Criminal Justice, 3rd Ed.
Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 1999 by Pearson Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 200-211 Daub, G.
William; Seese, William S., Basic Chemistry, 7th Ed., © 1995, pp. 1-11. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ;
pp. 215-246 excerpt from The World of Psychology, 5th Ed., by Samuel Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd. New York; Pearson Education, 2005;
pp. 250-275 from John Vivian, The Media Of Mass Communication, 7th Ed. Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright © 2005
by Pearson
Education. Reprinted by permission of the publisher; pp. 280-332 excerpt pp. 361-398 from Health: The Basics, 6th Ed, by RebeccaJ. Donatelle.
Copyright ©
2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Reprinted by permission; pp. 336-374 Excerpt pp. 197-235 from America Government: Continuity and Change,
2006 Edition
by Karen O’Connor and LarryJ.Sabato. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc, Reprinted by permission,
ISBN 978-0-321-36470-8
ISBN 0-321-36470-8
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