BASIC AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Author:Clarence B. Carson In this book, Clarence Carson tackles a subject usually made dull by textbooks?American Government. But Carson does his best to add life to the topic by putting it in context and offering a history of the people and ideas that formed our government, rather than just giving us a text full of information about how our government works. He is also ... more »willing to address topics many texts shy away from, such as defining the original organization of our government as a republic rather than as a democracy and crediting the Christian view of man as the main reason for that choice by the founding fathers.
The book is arranged into four sections:
* Introduction and Examination of American Government
* Background of Political Thought and Practice
* American Government in the 19th Century
* Leviathan: American Government in the 20th Century« less