Author: United States. Works Progress AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The American Guide Manual
Author: United States. Works Progress AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Supplementary Instructions No. 11-E to The American Guide Manual
Author: Federal Writers' ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
America, the Owner's Manual
Author: Bob GrahamPublisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1506350577
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
In 2016, Americans fed up with the political process vented that frustration with their votes. Republicans nominated for president a wealthy businessman and former reality show host best known on the campaign trail for his sharp rhetoric against immigration and foreign trade. Democrats nearly selected a self-described socialist who ran on a populist platform against the influence of big money in politics. While it is not surprising that Americans would channel their frustrations into votes for contenders who pledge to end business as usual, the truth is that we don’t have to pin our hopes for greater participation on any one candidate. All of us have a say—if we learn, master and practice the skills of effective citizenship. One of the biggest roadblocks to participation in democracy is the perception that privileged citizens and special interests command the levers of power and that everyday Americans can’t fight City Hall. That perception is undoubtedly why a 2015 Pew Charitable Trusts survey found that 74 percent of those Americans surveyed believed that most elected officials didn't care what people like them thought. Graham and Hand intend to change that conventional wisdom by showing citizens how to flex their citizenship muscles. They describe effective citizenship skills and provide tips from civic experts. Even more importantly, they offer numerous examples of everyday Americans who have used their skills to make democracy respond. The reader will see themselves in these examples of citizens who chose to be victorious participants rather than tranquil spectators in the arena of democracy. By the end of the book, you will have new confidence that citizen participation is the lifeblood of America -- and will be ready to make governments work for you, not the other way around.
The American Guide Manual
Author: Federal Writers' ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American guide series
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Native American Fiction
Author: David TreuerPublisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970788
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An entirely new approach to reading, understanding, and enjoying Native American fiction This book has been written with the narrow conviction that if Native American literature is worth thinking about at all, it is worth thinking about as literature. The vast majority of thought that has been poured out onto Native American literature has puddled, for the most part, on how the texts are positioned in relation to history or culture. Rather than create a comprehensive cultural and historical genealogy for Native American literature, David Treuer investigates a selection of the most important Native American novels and, with a novelist's eye and a critic's mind, examines the intricate process of understanding literature on its own terms. Native American Fiction: A User's Manual is speculative, witty, engaging, and written for the inquisitive reader. These essays—on Sherman Alexie, Forrest Carter, James Fenimore Cooper, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and James Welch—are rallying cries for the need to read literature as literature and, ultimately, reassert the importance and primacy of the word.
Supplementary Instructions No. 8 to The American Guide Manual
Author: Federal Writers' ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The American Guide Manual
Author: Federal writers' projectsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The American Guide Manual
Author: Federal Writers' ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Supplementary Instructions No. 2 to The American Guide Manual
Author: Federal Writers' ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description