American Politics: A Graphic History

by Laura Locker, Julia Scheele (Illustrator)

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Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Queer: A Graphic History, illustrator Jules Scheele teams up with Dr Laura Locker in this comic-book introduction to the political history of the Land of Opportunity. How dida political outsider like Trump win the 2016 presidential election? Why do someAmericans feel so strongly about gun rights? Is there a role for more than twopolitical parties in the system? Politicsisn't something that just occurs in the West Wing or the gleaming Capitolbuilding - it comes from the interaction between state and society, theAmerican people living their daily lives. In this unique graphic guide, wefollow modern citizens as they explore everything from the United States'political culture, the Constitution and the balance of power, to socialmovements, the role of the media, and tensions over race, immigration, and LGBTrights. Stepright up, and see what lies beneath the pageantry and headlines of this greatnation.… (more)

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This is a very dry overview of the history of the U.S. political system and some of the bigger social issues faced in the past and present. Intended I suppose for people who did not pay attention in civics class or don't read the daily news, but probably still too dull to keep their attention as it is basically a Power Point presentation with the top quarter of the page devoted to a block of text with sentences like this:
"In this book we will consider governmental institutions as the product of a mutually transformative interaction between state and society."

The bottom part of the page has little cartoons that feature generic recurring characters talking about the text above or portraits of famous people saying applicable quotes. They really don't add much, but they are not actively awful like the text pieces.

I'd say there is a liberal or progressive slant that would probably annoy conservatives. (

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villemezbrown | Feb 27, 2019 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Laura Locker	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Scheele, Julia	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Jamison, Kiera	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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American Politics: A Graphic History

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In this book we will consider governmental institutions as the product of a mutually transformative interaction between state and society.

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Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Queer: A Graphic History, illustrator Jules Scheele teams up with Dr Laura Locker in this comic-book introduction to the political history of the Land of Opportunity. How dida political outsider like Trump win the 2016 presidential election? Why do someAmericans feel so strongly about gun rights? Is there a role for more than twopolitical parties in the system? Politicsisn't something that just occurs in the West Wing or the gleaming Capitolbuilding - it comes from the interaction between state and society, theAmerican people living their daily lives. In this unique graphic guide, wefollow modern citizens as they explore everything from the United States'political culture, the Constitution and the balance of power, to socialmovements, the role of the media, and tensions over race, immigration, and LGBTrights. Stepright up, and see what lies beneath the pageantry and headlines of this greatnation.

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