TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Kristine AU - Hood,Susan TI - Academic encounters: life in society : reading, study skills, writing SN - 0521666163 (pbk.) U1 - 428.24 PY - 2002/// CY - Cambridge, U.K. PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Rhetoric KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Academic writing KW - Study skills KW - College readers N1 - "Intermediate to higher intermediate" - Cover; Author's acknowledgments. - To the instructor. - To the student. - Unit 1. Belonging to a group. Ch. 1. Marriage, family, and the home. Ch. 2. The power of the group. - Unit 2. Gender and sexuality. Ch. 3. Growing up male or female. Ch. 4. Gender issues today. - Unit 3. Media and society. Ch. 5. Mass media today. Ch. 6. The influence of the media. - Unit 4. Breaking the rules. Ch. 7. Crime and criminals. Ch. 8. Controlling crime. - Unit 5. Changing societies. Ch. 9. Cultural change. Ch. 10. Global issues. - Credits. - Task index; Academic encounters : life in society : reading, study skills, writing : teacher's manual [by] Kristine Brown & Susan Hood. ISBN 0521666139 ER -