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100 Key Documents in American Democracy
Contributor(s): Levy, Peter B. (Editor)

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ISBN: 0313284245     ISBN-13: 9780313284243
Publisher: Greenwood
OUR PRICE: $87.15  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1993
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy
- History | United States - General
- History | Americas (north Central South West Indies)
Dewey: 973
LCCN: 93001137
Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.36" W x 9.52" L (1.97 lbs) 536 pages
Features: Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/1994 pg. 1110
ALA Ref Srces for Small/Med Li 01/01/2000 pg. 284
 
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This documentary collection traces the development and meaning of democracy in America from colonial times to the present. It includes classic writings and speeches such as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as well as lesser-known gems such as Fannie Lou Hamer's testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic Party convention and Cesar Chavez's Letter from Delano. Written or spoken by Presidents and ex-slaves, political theorists and poets, labor leaders and songwriters, Supreme Court justices and suffragettes, liberals and conservatives, these documents reflect the diversity and breadth of the American experience and the ongoing struggle to achieve the ideals on which the nation was founded. Forty-seven illustrations complement the text.

The collection can be read as a succinct overview of American history and used as a reference or source book. The documents have been selected with the advice of a number of America's leading scholars and teachers. Arranged by historical era, the collection begins with Powhatan's Letter to John Smith and closes with Jesse Jackson's Common Ground and Common Sense. Each document is organized with a fact box, up-to-date commentary based on recent scholarship, and list of suggested readings. Nearly a fifth of the documents represent recent events in American history; women and minorities are well represented. Shorter documents are full text; longer ones have been judiciously edited by Professor Levy for the general reader. An appendix contains the full text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States (including all the amendments). Markets for this work are school, public, and college and university libraries, and college courses on American history, American government and politics, and American political theory.

 
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