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EAN: 9780618713974 Edition: 8th ISBN: 0618713972 Label: Houghton Mifflin Company Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 370 Publication Date: 2000-01 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Studio: Houghton Mifflin Company Related Items:
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 Rating:  - American GovernmentA trully remarkable text book! This text strives where many fail, in communicating with students from AP level high school to Doctoral studies. Includded are full color diagrams on the political process, governmental structure dating back to the 1600s. Also, philisophical viewpoints from Plato to John Locke. The benefit of the text, is its current up-to-date information on the 'insides' of political views and parties. This text would assist anyone in learning about our nations history ... Read More Rating:  - A practical, basic textbookThis book offers a foundation for political concepts and historic background about the U.S. Using standard survey course format, the author skims the broad topics of government from the core documents, including the Declaration and the Constitution, to the general structures and processes of governing. While I must conclude with a prior reviewer that the writing is unexciting, I have yet to find THE basic government text equivalent of "Democracy - Not 4 Dummies" Rating: - Excellent introduction to PoliticsAmerican Government covered everything and anything on politics. I could not have asked for a better introduction on politics! It covered everything from the US Constitution to interest groups and the bureaucracy. If you are interested in politics, but need a simple, solid introduction, this book is for you! However, I found the book was difficult to read, as it was poorly written and tedious at times. Although this book is probably the best intro to Government around, do not buy it if you have ... Read More Rating: - text-bookThis text is the finest I have come across for a basic understanding of American government. MMMurphy Rating: - The book is concise and informativeWilson's book is a very solid foundation for begining political science clases. It delivers the information in a to the point way that is easy to understand. The charts and graphs barely reach the '90's and need to be updated. The headlines are very useful when skiming and reviewing. The end of the chapter summaries and bold typed vocabulary words are very convieninet for studying. . .A well written book that shows all sides of controversial issues! 
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