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I have feedback from my instructor for the first draft in the first attachment. please read carefully what is needed.

 

The requirement for the 20 sources:

 

1- 
Header.

 

2- 
General overview.

 

3- 
Topic problem.

 

4- 
3 quotes or paraphrase or summary.

 

In citation use maker quotation  “—–“(numbers or name)

 

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Interpretative commentary.

 

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Unique contribution of source.

 

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Compare contrast 2 sources that are the collection.

     

For number 4 and 5 use like this example:

   

A- 
quotes or 3 paraphrase or 3 summary.

 

B- 
Interpretative commentary

   

 Do it three times .^^^^ like above .

     

You used number 1, 2, and 7

 

And you didn’t use number 3, 4, 5, and 6

 

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Newcomb, John Timberman. Would Poetry Disappear? American Verse and the Crisis

of Modernity. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2004.

In the United States, American poetry has undergone cultural modernity, which was a fatal crisis between 1890 and 1910. Poets, publishers, editors, and readers had two choices to make from the developing crisis and were either to reimagine uses of poetry in a culture of nickelodeons, dime novels, and vaudeville halls. The other option was for them to watch it disappear (15). The author admits that the book had to undergo a phase of disillusionment, anxiety, and futility in order for American poetry in the United States to become modern. It is evident in the book that both elite and mass-marketed texts have their uses, particular strengths and virtues, and limitations, which are notable. Newcomb defines literary work and goes further to provide the importance of value-history under this study (16). Part one of the book looks at the Fireside poets through tracing construction of national poetic ideology. Part two concerns analysis and gave an integrative framework for part three. The book has been able to show the productive relation of American poetry to history and politics and several writings has been considered like use of realist or romantic texts (20). The author also notes the poems that excluded modernism. His work is similar to that of McGann, Richard Brodhead because they both take the same direction in understanding surrounding discourses with integral value to both function and literary texts (25). Nelson Cary’s book Anthology of Modern American Poetry contrasts this book since it only presents the canonical poetry over hundred years.

Barabasch, Antje and Rauner, Felix (editors). Work and Education in America: The

Art of Integration. New York: Springer, 2011.

This volume talks about technical and career education or vocational education and training (VET) in the United States and insights into this field of research are highlighted. Critical analysis on the history, philosophy, governance, legislation, and organizational structures are provided to give a reader an overview of issues presented in VET. This book looks at various aspects that include education and qualification; localization versus globalization in governance, higher education vocationalism, U.S, apprenticeships among other issues. The book covers so many things on education in America and gives readers the need to have both technical and career education in this changing world. Barabasch and Rauner give a detailed analysis on how work and education are integrated in America and presents ways that students have benefitted with use of technical and career education in the modern setting. VET, a new way of dealing with globalization, has resulted in the creation of many institutions fostering and promoting the lives of people in the society through the creation of opportunities that embrace new technology and interventions. It is evident that many people around the globe want to get a taste of the American education because it has a vast number of opportunities that incorporates their values and ideas. Furthermore, The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development book on Career and technical education is similar to this book and gives similar ideas on VET and its expansion in the U.S. Williams Belinda talks about Closing the Achievement Gap that looked at the obstacles presented in the academic performance of students in urban societies.

Zweig, Michael. The Working Class Majority: America’s Best Kept Secret. New York:

Cornell University Press, 2012.

The author talks about class and refers to power (economic, political, and cultural) at work and in the larger society. The U.S. economy has class structures and the author describes power contours operating in the society, which has both benefits and burdens. Class is experienced in different lifestyles and by treating people and the book looks at the different types of class in existence in the society. It is also noted that the American population give much attention to class than Europeans due to the existing conflict between employers and workers. The statistics given shows that majority of the people are in the middle class and the rich include Forbes and Trump among others, but most realities are hidden since it only looks at lifestyle and income. In addition, recognition is given to the underclass (5). It is evident that class exists in political and economic changes hence; individuals will be able to build new politics. The conclusion gives an account of the potential power of the working class through consideration of moral foundations that contrast with the agenda of ‘family values’ (108-110). The book also looks at individualism and capitalism in the marketplace with regard to the politics of the working class that includes human dignity, democracy, fairness, mutual responsibility recognition (130). All these replace self-interest that has forced many individuals to be greedy. The Working Class Majority by Andrew Levison is similar, but its appearance was when working class was fading to traditional liberal allies. However, the underlying points in these two books are similar.