Barry Sanders (1) (1938–)

Autore di ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind

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Sull'Autore

Barry Sanders has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations for his works A Is for Ox and Alienable Rights, which he coauthored with Francis Adams. Recipient of a Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant, Sanders retired in 2005 from his post as professor of History of Ideas and English at Pitzer College in mostra altro Claremont, California. mostra meno

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Opere di Barry Sanders

Popolari Recenti

ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind (1988) 191 copie

A Is for Ox: The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age (1994) 133 copie

The Green Zone (2009) 53 copie

The Sacred Paw: The Bear in Nature, Myth, and Literature (1985) — Autore — 38 copie

Sudden Glory: Laughter as Subversive History (1995) 34 copie

The Private Death of Public Discourse (American Society) (1998) 30 copie

A Complex Fate: Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Movement (1996) 24 copie

Unsuspecting Souls: The Disappearance of the Human Being (2009) 20 copie

The Craftsman: An anthology (1978) 14 copie

Grove House : a California bungalow goes to college 1 copia

Fourteen ninety two or three (1993) 1 copia

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Etichette

alfabeti (4) Alfabetizzazione (28) Alfabeto (7) Ambiente (5) animali (5) Architettura (4) Arts and Crafts (4) arts and crafts (3) communication theory (3) Cultura (5) Cultura di massa (4) cultural criticism (3) da leggere (11) Educazione (17) Filosofia (10) in lettura (8) Letteratura (6) Linguaggio (13) Linguistica (14) media studies (3) Mezzo di comunicazione di massa (4) Mitologia (4) Natura (4) oral communication (3) orsi (4) Politica (5) Psicologia (9) Retorica (4) Risata (3) Saggistica (17) Scienze sociali (5) Scrittura (5) social criticism (5) Società (5) Sociologia (3) Storia (27) Tecnologia (10) Ufficio (6) Umorismo (5) Violenza (4)

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Sanders, Barry
Data di nascita: 1938-10-27
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA

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A Is for Ox: Violence, Electronic Media, and the… di Barry Sanders

A brilliant analysis of why literacy is declining. Sanders identifies orality as the foundation upon which literacy is built. As the fruit of orality dwindles, as narrative awareness and fluency diminish, a new type of human is emerging - whom Sanders calls "post-literates."

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GwG | Jan 12, 2011 |

The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism di Barry Sanders

This is definitely one of those highly depressing, but very eye-opening books that both excite me to read and also make me feel like our world is completely screwed. This book basically lays it all out there - the US military pollutes in absurdly high amounts, and no number of compact fluorescent bulbs installed by environmentally conscious citizens is going to do anything to help our environment if the US keeps on destroying other nations like it's been doing so well for the past few hundred years. I found the biggest absurdity in this book to be the breathtaking amount of oil that's basically wasted in stealing oil from other countries.… (altro)