Western Futures - Softcover

Nevada Humanities Committee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890591041 ISBN 13: 9781890591045

Publisher: Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999

Synopsis

What does the future hold for the American West? In this collection, seventeen humanities scholars from a range of fields and disciplines examine the possibilities as we enter the new millennium. The essayists explore the arbitrariness of "the millennium" as a date for change but acknowledge the millennium as a discussion point for analyzing current problems as well as the rhetoric surrounding such topics as architecture, multiculturalism, futurism, hypermedia, the literary canon, English language, urban and suburban growth, public health, and environmental themes.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Contributors: Bill Cowee, Frank Hartigan, Ken Egan, Barbara Erickson, Sue Rabbitt Roff, Susanne Bentley, Keith Sargent, Daryll Wennemann, Andrew Spencer, Paul Lindholt, Steve Hecox, Thomas Naerper, Jane Detweiler, Beverly Curran, and H. Lee Barnes.

About the Author:

Stephen Tchudi is professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he coordinates the interdisciplinary university seminars program and directs graduate programs in rhetoric and composition. He is author of some forty books for teachers, young people, and the general public, including The English/Language Arts Handbook: Classroom Strategies for Teachers Second Edition (coauthored with Susan Tchudi, Boynton/Cook, 1991). Tchudi is also past president of the National Council of Teachers of English and a member of the National Association for Science, Technology, and Society. He currently edits Halycon, an interdisciplinary humanities journal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nevada Humanities Committee
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1890591041
• ISBN 13: 9781890591045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Susanne Bentley, Brad E. Lucas, Stephen Tchudi