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GLOBAL STUDIES

F E E D I N G T H E WO R L D

DISCOVER THE STORY OF YOUR FOOD— WHERE IT WAS GROWN, WHO GROWS IT, AND HOW IT GETS TO YOUR PLATE.

8 VOLUME SET © 2014

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Ages: 9 & up

Corn .................................................-2742-8 -9074-3 Dairy Products ..................................-2743-5 -9075-0 Eggs .................................................-2744-2 -9076-7 Farmed Fish......................................-2745-9 -9077-4 Meat.................................................-2746-6 -9078-1 Rice ..................................................-2747-3 -9079-8 Soybeans..........................................-2748-0 -9080-4 Wheat...............................................-2749-7 -9081-1 HBK ISBN E-ISBN

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Readers will gain a thorough understanding of where their food comes from and everything that happens to it before it reaches the dinner table... these books promote discussion, critical thinking, and further research.

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— School Library Journal

MAJOR FORMS OF WORLD G O V E R N M E N T

Focuses on the major types of government found in the world today. They explain—in terms that are clear and understandable to young adults—not only how the major forms of government function but also their philosophical underpinnings. The books illustrate how ideas about good governance have evolved over the course of history .

Senior Consulting Editor: Dr. Timothy J. Colton: Morris & Anna Feldberg Professor of Government, Harvard University

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Thiswas a succinct and eloquent expression of the rationale for liber- al democracy. It took years for the Americans to actually win their freedom. The British surrender at Yorktown inOctober 1781marked the end ofmajor fighting. Two years later, a peace treaty was signed in Paris. It officially brought theRevolutionaryWar to an end,withGreatBritain recognizing American independence. TOWARDAMORE PERFECTUNION TheUnited States of America first operated under an agreement called theArticles ofConfederation. Itwaspassedby theCongress in1777 and ratified by all the states in 1781. American leaders feared that an overly powerful central government would lead to tyranny.So theArticlesofConfederation leftmostpowerwith the states.Theweak centralgovernmentdidn’thaveanexecutiveor judicial branch.And theConfederationCongress, the one-chamber national legis- lature, lacked theauthority to tax, to regulate commerce,oreven toenforce laws. To become binding on the states, any legislation passed byCongress had to receive the approval of at least 9 of the 13 states. THE PENNSYLVANIACONSTITUTION MostAmerican revolutionaries favored a national republican form of government that divided power. However, some states opted for a more basic form of democracy. The 1776 version of the Pennsylvania constitution stated, “There is but one rank ofmen in America . . . there shouldbeonlyone representationof them ingovernment.”The Pennsylvanians rejected the idea of a governor and a senate, and instead created only one legislative body. In 1790, however, soon after theU.S.Constitution had been adopted, Pennsylvania changed its constitution tomatch the federal system.

DEMOCRACY • THEAMERICANWAY

Set ISBN..............978-1-4222-2135-8 Hardcover Set Price.............. $183.60 Hardcover List Price.................. Multi-User eBook List Price....... Full color • Library bound 38.60 30.60 Trim Size: 7 x 1 / 4 9 • 64 pages 1 / 4

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connection with Great Britain and were now the free and independent “united States ofAmerica.” Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence carefully laid out the justification for the split withGreat Britain.Therewere three essentialparts.First, allhumanshave fundamen- tal rights.Second, governments are setup toprotect these rights, and they ruleonlywith theconsentof thepeople.Third,whenagovernmentviolates thepeople’s fundamental rights, thepeoplehave the right to get ridof that government and create another.As theDeclaration famously states: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that allMen are created equal, that they are endowed by theirCreatorwith certain unalienableRights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted amongMen, deriving their just Powers from theConsent of theGoverned, that whenever any Form ofGovernment becomes destructive of these Ends, it is theRight of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute newGovernment. Members of the committee assigned to draft theDeclaration of Independence—JohnAdams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin—present the document to JohnHancock, president of the SecondContinentalCongress, in June 1776.

Ages: & up 10

HBK ISBN E-ISBN

Communism ......................................-2136-5 -9453-6 Democracy ........................................-2137-2 -9454-3 Dictatorship .......................................-2138-9 -9455-0 Fascism .............................................-2139-6 -9456-7 Milestones in the Evolution of Government ..............................-2140-2 -9457-4 Theocracy ..........................................-2143-3 -9460-4

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