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American Democracy Now (AP American Democracy)
by Brigid Callahan Harrison Jean Wahl Harris Michelle D. DeardorffNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Democracy Now: AP Edition
by Brigid Callahan Harrison Jean Wahl Harris Michelle D. Deardorff Rebecca SmallNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Democracy Now (3rd Edition)
by Brigid Callahan Harrison Jean Wahl Harris Michelle D. DeardorffAmerican Democracy Now, compiled to aid students through the learning process for the American Government. its uniquely collated to achieve better performance on the students, with specific objectives, as it engages the them in the course as well as become better citizens
American Democracy Now, AP Edition
by Brigid Harrison Jean Harris Michelle Deardorff Nicole Reale Lisa Ellison Douglas ZywiolNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Democracy Now (Third Edition)
by Brigid Harrison Jean Harris Michelle DeardorffIncrease student performance, student engagement, and critical analysis skills with the third edition of American Democracy Now. This program is available with GinA, an educational game in which students learn American Government by doing, as well as McGraw-Hill's LearnSmart, an adaptive questioning tool proven to increase content comprehension and improve student results. Unique to this program, American Democracy Now 3e is a student-centered text focused on student performance. This contemporary approach and design, coupled with market-leading digital products, make this an ideal solution to course goals.
American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation (Fourth Edition), Volume 1
by Mark C. Carnes John A. GarratyAmerican Destiny's mission is to show readers how history connects to the experiences and expectations that mark their lives. The authors pursue that mission through a variety of distinctive features, including American Lives essays and Re-Viewing the Past movie essays.
The American Experiment: A History of the United States
by Steven M. Gillon Cathy D. MatsonApproaching the American history survey course in an innovative way, this mid-length text features a more expansive definition of political history that includes all forms of politics, not just electoral politics, while simultaneously incorporating cultural history. With the specific aim of expanding history beyond elite actors, The American Experiment emphasizes everyday work, family life, customs, and objects of cultural history to address its four themes: the role of government, American identity, the broad concept of "culture," and America and the world. The Third Edition features an enhanced thematic approach that helps students understand America's development as an experiment in politics, culture, and identity, within a global context.
American Girls
by Alison UmmingerAnna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined.<P><P> As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls―and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present.<P> In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America―in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction.
American Girls
by Alison UmmingerA bittersweet, honest, and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel that distills honest truths about American girldomAnna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined.As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls—and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present.In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America—in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction.American Girls is:An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel A KirkusBest Book of the YearA Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the YearA Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2016A Bustle Best YA Book of the YearYALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults"Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." —Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
American Government: Citizenship and Power
by Christine Barbour Gerald C. WrightNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Citizenship and Power
by Christine Barbour Gerald C. WrightNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Freedom, Rights, Responsibilities
by Vivian BernsteinAmerican Government tells the story of how our government came to be. You will learn about all the branches of the government and their many jobs and see how leaders are elected, and how people can make a difference. You will learn about the role our government plays as one nation among many, and see that your government is "of the people, by the people, for the people." The book has two important pieces of writing-the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
American Government (National Geographic American Government Series)
by National Geographic LearningNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Roots and Reform
by PearsonIn American Government the authors try to examine how the United States is governed today by looking not just at present structures and behavior but also at the Framers' intentions and how they have been implemented and adapted over the years.
American Government: Power and Purpose (Thirteenth Edition)
by Theodore J. Lowi Benjamin Ginsberg Kenneth A. Shepsle Stephen AnsolabehereThe text that professors trust to get students thinking analytically about American government now includes new content on how race, gender, and group identity intersect with political behavior and institutions. And, leading scholars have contributed new "Analyzing the Evidence" features that engage students with the questions and methods that political students use themselves.
American Government: Institutions & Policies, AP* Edition
by James Q. Wilson Meena Bose John J. Dilulio Jr.NIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Institutions & Policies, AP® Edition
by James Q. Wilson John J. Diiulio Meena BoseNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Institutions and Policies (AP) 11th Edition)
by James Q. Wilson John J. Diiulio Jr.The guide includes chapter focus, study outlines, "Did You Think That...?" and practice questions with answers.
American Government: Institutions and Policies (10th ed.)
by James Q. Wilson John J. Diiulio Jr.The guide includes chapter focus, study outlines, "Did You Think That...?" and practice questions with answers.
American Government: Institutions And Policies
by James Q. Wilson John J. DiIulio Jr. Meena BoseNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government and Politics Today
by Steffen W. Schmidt Mack C. Shelley Ii Barbara A. Bardes Lynne E. FordNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government, AP Version (9th Edition)
by James Q. Wilson John J. Dilulio Jr.For this edition we have included a new feature: Each chapter now ends with a section called "Reconsidering the Enduring Questions" that gives contemporary responses to the Enduring Questions with which each chapter begins. These brief essays should help students focus in a novel way on what many people think are the perennial puzzles of American politics.
American Government in Black and White (Second Edition)
by Paula D. Mcclain Steven C. TauberConcise, affordable, and engaging, American Government in Black and White, Second Edition, 2014 Election Update, is a unique introduction to American government that uses racial and ethnic equality as its underlying theme. Authors Paula D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber address issues of inequality in major facets of government, including the U. S. Constitution, key American political institutions and instruments of political behavior, and the making of public policy. Engaging the original voices of racial and ethnic actors in our nation's history, they show students how to measure and evaluate the importance of equality in America, from its founding up to today. FEATURES * Three kinds of text boxes that help students develop empirical and qualitative analytical abilities: "Measuring Equality," "Evaluating Equality," and "Our Voices" * Vignettes, illustrations, and case material that connect America's past and present * Running glossary definitions, thematic chapter conclusions, probing review questions, and annotated additional readings highlighting writings by and about racial and ethnic minorities
American Government Institutions and Policies 15th AP Edition
by James Q. Wilson Meena Bose Matthew Levendusky John J. DilulioThe reputable authors of AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES combine excellent scholarship with practical examples and insight to create a text that is a clear and approachable tool for any student trying to understand American government. The book highlights current issues while being focused on the importance of institutions, the historical development of governmental procedures, actors, and polities, as well as who governs in the United States and to what ends.