The Press of Ideas: Readings for Writers on Print Culture and the Information Age

By Julie Bates Dock

Book Overview

The first composition reader to probe the cultural relations of literacy, technology, and power presents 64 readings that examine 6 themes derived from print culture studies. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312133197
• ISBN13: 9780312133191
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Length: 679 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Phenomanal book

I bought this book because I needed it for my english class; however, as I started to read it I really began enjoying it and reading it for fun. The narratives and the essays contain issues relavent to today's reading crisis even though some were written 50 years ago.