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The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives
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The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives Paperback - 1994 - 1st Edition

by Lappe, Frances Moore, Du Bois, Paul Martin

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Change is the watchword of the nineties. Ordinary Americans are coming together to change their workplaces, their communities, their schools, and their lives. This deeply personal, inspiring, and interactive book is full of practical advice on how to get involved.

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  • Title The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives
  • Author Lappe, Frances Moore, Du Bois, Paul Martin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Date 1994-04-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # V09K-01020
  • ISBN 9781555426057 / 1555426050
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 7.35 x 0.88 in (23.32 x 18.67 x 2.24 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Political participation - United States, Democracy - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93035547
  • Dewey Decimal Code 323.042

From the rear cover

From national political campaigns to local community action groups, a grassroots approach to change is taking hold of America today. Ordinary citizens, driven by a desire to go beyond rhetoric and ideology and address problems in a direct, practical way, are changing the way we live, work, and govern ourselves. The Quickening of America reveals how this new approach to solving our problems is indeed working--in local government, education, the workplace, human services, and the media. The authors criss-crossed America in search of democracy in action and found moving stories of ordinary people coming together to make their institutions meet their needs.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/1994, Page 1411

About the author

FRANCES MOORE LAPPE is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the best-selling Diet for a Small Planet (1971). Her writings have appeared in publications as diverse as Harper's, The New York Times, and Reader's Digest. She is cofounder of the Institute for Food and Development Policy and lectures frequently on issues of democracy in action, food and hunger, and other important issues. PAUL MARTIN DU BOIS has authored two textbooks and over twenty articles, and has served on the faculty and as vice president of two colleges. Lappe and Du Bois are codirectors of the Center for Living Democracy.

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