{"id":28535,"date":"2024-06-21T07:17:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T07:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/book-report-on-the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-by-michelle-alexander\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T07:17:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T07:17:26","slug":"book-report-on-the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-by-michelle-alexander","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/book-report-on-the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-by-michelle-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report on &#8220;The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness&#8221; by Michelle Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Format<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Papers should be 5-7 pages (about 1,500 words) long, with additional cover sheet, endnotes, and bibliography.&nbsp; They should be typed and double-spaced.&nbsp; Use the Chicago citation style in crafting your review.&nbsp; Use reasonable margins and type-size.&nbsp; Bibliographical information for the book should be provided, as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Author.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title<\/u>. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year Published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Number the pages of your review in the lower right-hand corner of each page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Proofread your paper to check for spelling and grammatical errors.&nbsp; Make sure that nouns agree with pronouns, possessives and verb forms.&nbsp; Keep verb tenses consistent.&nbsp; Watch out for homonyms (such as to, two, and too).&nbsp; Content and writing ability will both be evaluated.&nbsp; Do not use \u201cyou\u201d or \u201cI.\u201d&nbsp; Do not use others\u2019 reviews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Writing the Book Review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Some issues to analyze are the author&#8217;s thesis, use of sources, clarity, bias, credentials, and organization.&nbsp; How does this book complement other information you have learned from the textbook, in class, or from outside sources?&nbsp; Is your book well-written?&nbsp; Interesting?&nbsp; Would you recommend this book to others?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You should make sure that your review is above all an evaluation of your author&#8217;s performance, using the criteria I&#8217;ve assigned, with many examples. A typical book review is organized like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I. Introduction: author&#8217;s name, title, sense of whether you like the book, foreshadow the outline of your paper to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">II. Body<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A. Author&#8217;s Credentials (use your own words to describe his education, books he&#8217;s written, and other important experience. Provide lots of examples. Use your own words , and provide a citation about where you found out about him. This section should be only one paragraph (perhaps 1\/4 page) long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">B. Author&#8217;s Thesis and is it Believable (one short paragraph)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">C. Author&#8217;s Use of Sources (one-two paragraphs) Tell me which types of sources he uses, and provide multiple examples of each. Be specific.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">D. Author&#8217;s Organizational Style (one paragraph) Provide multiple examples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">E. Author&#8217;s Bias\/Neutrality (one-two paragraphs) Provide examples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">F. How does this book complement any other material (assigned films, assigned readings, or common sense) on this topic. Provide specific examples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">G. Is it well-written? Provide examples<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">H. Is it interesting? Provide examples<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I. Does your author provide the reader with assistance? Provide examples of maps, charts, glossaries&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">J. Other evaluative areas, as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">III. Conclusion (one paragraph) Briefly restate your main points, using slightly different language, and give me the bottom line: Do you recommend this book?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Other important directions: Don&#8217;t collaborate with anyone to write your paper. Use Chicago-style citation (see chicagomanualofstyle.org), and don&#8217;t use personal pronouns. 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