The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines

by Gilbert H. Muller

The McGraw-Hill Reader addresses the liberal arts tradition, cross-curricular ideas, and diverse viewpoints through more than one hundred quality prose works from prominent writers and thinkers. A range of readings from both classic and contemporary sources and from across the disciplinesâ from education, the social sciences, business and economics, the humanities, and the sciencesâ provoke critical thought and effective writing.

Genres: Academic, School, Essays

984 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1988

Reviews

[Donald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one starts by teaching how to mark up books (gasp). Although I have been known to do so, it is usually much more sparingly than what is recommended here.
That being said, there are quite a few essays in this collection and I found a fair percentage were interesting while reading them. But don't ask me to detail these, because they were apparently forgettable.

[Ramzzi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful cover; though not much to explore even if some do offer glints of insights and unexpected depths. It is a textbook after all. I have read more or less 20 essays here.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This text will provide half of the prescribed readings for my research writing class. It covers a solid variety of contemporary issues and supplies excellent queries post readings that I will be using to lead class discussions. Very well constructed text for critical thinking for undergraduates.

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one's OK. It's standard but nothing new or exciting here. It goes with the basic canon of essays and authors. It's surprising to me that there are so many readers out there that are so simlar.

[Jeffrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very standard, very boring. Hooo, hummmmm.