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This delicious book is even funnier than I had imagined. It's as big as my fifth grade geography book and a lot more interesting. Laid out like a textbook, the book is divided into chapters on democracy before America, the founding fathers, the presidency, congress, the judiciary, campaigns and elections, the media, the future of democracy and, lastly, the rest of the world.
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1 gen 2005 · Additionally, "America" was given the prestigious book of the year award in 2004 by Publishers Weekly. In addition to this, at the 2005 Grammy awards, both Jon and the Cast of "The Daily Show" were honored with Best Comedy Album, for "AMERICA (THE BOOK): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction."
- Jon Stewart
America (The Book) 作者: 乔恩·斯图尔特 出版社: Grand Central Publishing 副标题: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 出版年: 2004-09 页数: 227 定价: $24.95 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780446532686
The book helps explain the functions of the executive branch, the checks and balances of the Senate and Congress, and the judicial branch. There is a brief look at the possible future of America. The final chapter consists of infographics covering the rest of the world, and why, in the writers' opinions, it's not worth going.
25 set 2006 · This "citizen's guide to democracy inaction" will prepare teachers, students, and dropouts for the rigors of participating in a representative government that doesn't quite work. This "corrected edition" of America: The Book provides updated analyses of "one man, one vote," "government by the people," "every vote counts," and other urban myths.
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction was written by Jon Stewart and a team of writers in 2004 which pokes fun at American political institutions and attitudes. The book's other two authors were Ben Karlin, the executive producer of Jon Stewart's The Daily Show and David Javerbaum, the show's head writer.
