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" Your America : "
John Siceloff, Jason Maloney ; introduction by David Brancaccio.
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BL
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997657
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b752027
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| Main Entry
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Siceloff, John.
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| Title & Author
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Your America : : democracy's local heroes /\ John Siceloff, Jason Maloney ; introduction by David Brancaccio.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2008.
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245 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0230605338
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: 9780230605336
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The politics of empowerment -- Have justice, will travel : Wynona Ward -- Tomatoes of wrath : Lucas Benitez -- Corporate cruelty : Katie Redford -- Helping the children : John Walsh -- A literary movement : Rueben Martinez -- Agitate! agitate! agitate! : Robert Moses -- Tell me the truth! : Peggy Buryj -- A loud whistle : Bunny Greenhouse -- Demanding the future--now : Bill Graham -- Power to the people : Jackie Thrasher -- Greening the Gulf : Diane Wilson -- A river runs through it : Lynn and Devonna Owens -- An American story.
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Offers profiles of twelve citizens who have accomplished influential changes in their own communities, from Bill Graham, who took on the telecommunications giants, to Katie Redford, who transformed the way in which American corporations behave overseas.
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Social action-- United States-- History.
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Social reformers-- United States, Biography.
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Social action.
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Social reformers.
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United States.
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303.48/4092273B
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HN65.S556 2008
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Maloney, Jason.
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