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A god book on US Civics 101.... Was: Small gun, the serious protection you need ...
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:58:29 +0000 (UTC), Gray Guest
wrote: [. . .] But to change the subject and the subject line.... I am looking for a good and readable intro to US Civics for a friend who is going to become a US citizen. He wants more than just to pass the test - which he's already fully qualified to do He wants more in depth analysis and commentary In a way, I wish that Isaac Asimov had written a book on this comparable to his Guide to the Bible.. it would have been a hell of a read... Democracy In America by De Tocqueville. de Tocqueville wrote his opus magnus almost 30 years before the Civil War; it is not a civics book but a commentary/critique of the American mind and culture at that time. It might be classed as sociology or anthropology, but not contemporary political science. Your friend needs a good book on the structure and mechanics of the American version of a republic within a democracy, as a late 19th century creed called it. I don't have one to offer; de Tocqueville would be an interesting read but it doesn't deal with topics like the effects of the Civil War, the additional amendments to the Constitution, the wars since 1835, the relationships among industrialization, massive immigration, the end of slavery and the subsequent civil rights legislation. -- Don Kirkman |
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