Global Exchange: Reading and Writing in a World Context

by Ann Watters

Integrating text, images, and internet resources, this book is designed to help its users learn to read and write in a global context, and to understand that both specific environments and universal principles contribute to communication. It also demonstrates that increasing intercultural and international connections require efforts to understand each other. Readers will benefit from acknowledging their perspective and from attempting to step back and view America and other cultures from different ones. KEY TOPICS Specific chapters discuss popular culture topics and present relevant, serious selections on intercultural conflict, health and environment, and more. For a comprehensive understanding and view of the many issues and perspectives of global communication.

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First published June 22, 2004