Chapters

• 1. Human Nature
• 2. Law and Government
• 3. War and Peace
• 4. Wealth, Poverty, and Social Class
• 5. Science and Nature
• 6. Education
• 7. Language and Rhetoric

Credits

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Reading the World:  Ideas That Matter

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Editor:  Marilyn Moller
Associate Editor:  Erin Granville
Developmental Editor:  Kurt Wildermuth

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