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Genre/Form: | Miscellaneous fiction humor History Humor Illustrated works Humour Humoristische Darstellung |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon Stewart; Ben Karlin; David Javerbaum |
ISBN: | 0446532681 9780446532686 9781435270022 1435270029 |
OCLC Number: | 56479080 |
Notes: | Above title on cover: The Daily show with Jon Stewart presents. The book is presented as a text book with discussion questions and classroom activities. |
Awards: | Quill Audiobook Award, 2005. |
Description: | xi, 227, 15 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm + 1 poster (folded, color ; 51 x 58 cm) |
Contents: | Foreword / Thomas Jefferson -- Democracy before America -- The founding of America -- The president: King of Democracy -- Congress: Quagmire of freedom -- The judicial branch: It rules -- Campaigns and elections: America changes the sheets -- The Media: Democracy's valiant vulgarians -- The Future of Democracy: Four score and seven years from now -- The Rest of the world: International house of horrors. |
Series Title: | Daily show. |
Other Titles: | America Citizen's guide to democracy inaction Daily show with Jon Stewart presents America (the book) : Daily show. |
Responsibility: | written and edited by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum ; writers, Rich Blomquist [and others] ; additional material, Samantha Bee [and others] ; with a foreword by Thomas Jefferson. |
Abstract:
The host of the award-winning humorous news program offers tongue-in- cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous nature of today's media.
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