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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon Stewart; Ben Karlin; David Javerbaum; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780446691864 0446691860 |
| OCLC Number: | 80017596 |
| Notes: | Above title on cover: The Daily show with Jon Stewart presents. The book is presented as a text book with discussion questions and classroom activities. |
| Description: | 227 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. + 1 poster (folded, col. ; 51 x 58 cm.) |
| Contents: | Study guide -- Foreword / Thomas Jefferson -- Democracy before America -- The founding of America -- The President : king of democracy -- Congress : quagmire of freedom -- The judicial branch : it rules -- Campaigns and elections : America changes the sheets -- The media : democracy's valiant vulgarians -- The future of democracy : four score and seven years from now -- The rest of the world : international house of horrors. |
| Other Titles: | America, Citizen's guide to democracy inaction, Daily show with Jon Stewart presents America (the book), Daily show (Television program) |
| Responsibility: | written and edited by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum ; writers, Rich Blomquist ... [et al.] ; additional material, Samantha Bee ... [et al.] ; with a foreword by Thomas Jefferson. |
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Abstract:
Offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous nature of today's media.
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