A User's Guide to Democracy
How America Works
$47.58
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2020
Summary
Do you know what the Secretary of Defense does all day? Do you feel overwhelmed and confused by the web of administration and legislation that manages your taxes, your healthcare, your safety? Have you been pretending you know what Federalism is for the last 20 years? Don’t worry–you’re not alone. The American government and its processes can be dizzyingly complex and obscure.
Until now.
Within this book are the keys to knowing what you’re talking about when you argue politics…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250751843 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250751845 |
| Author: | Nick Capodice, Tom Toro, Hannah McCarthy |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 404g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 208mm |
Critics Review
“An informative and appealing civics lesson for first-time voters and old hands alike.”
–Publisher’s Weekly
“An easily digestible, illustrated guidebook to the agencies and institutions that make up the federal government… Just the thing for students of civics–which, these days, should include the entire polity.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Nick Capodice
Nick Capodice is the co-host of Civics 101. Before coming to NHPR, Nick worked in the Education Department at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, where he wrote and led tours, trained educators, and helped design digital exhibits. He also led beer history and tasting tours for Urban Oyster in Brooklyn.
Hannah McCarthy is the co-host of Civics 101 from New Hampshire Public Radio. She came to New Hampshire by way of Brooklyn where she worked as a radio producer and writer. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tom Toro is a cartoonist for The New Yorker and a fiction writer. He is the author/illustrator of How to Potty Train Your Porcupine (Little, Brown & Company, 2020) and Tiny Hands (Dock Street Press, 2017). Tom lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, kid, and cat.
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