Book Wanted

Does anyone have this book?

Citizenship Education

(Monarch notes and study guides. High School Level)

Author: Joyce F. Jones

Publisher: Monarch Press, 1966.

This book, which was sold by NBI back in the 60's, is out of print, and no copies are available from any seller anywhere on the internet.  I've tried used book sellers (e.g., AbeBooks.com) and nothing shows up.

I would be willing to pay anyone who has this book to copy it for me and send me the copy, which because the book is out of print and no longer available would certainly not be a violation of the copyright.  

Name your price!  It is a great book, and deserves to be reprinted.

Thanks!

Bill Dwyer

Bill,

Congratulations on your persistence!  I hope you'll post some quotes from this book, maybe collected together as a short article on her ideas of citizenship.

Best Wishes,

Steve

 Luke asked, "What is the ISBN? Can you please post a link to the listing on Amazon?"

I got the book today.  It is in remarkably good condition for a soft cover published back in 1966.

Here is the Table of Contents:

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: What is citizenship?

Chapter 2: Definitions you should know?

PART II: Government in the United States: Organization, Services and Financing

Chapter 3: What is Government?

Chapter 4: The Elective Process

Chapter 5: Local Governments

Chapter 6: State Governments

Chapter 7: The United States Constitution

Chapter 8: The Three Branches of Our Federal Government

Chapter 9: The Growth of Federal Services and Regulations

Chapter 10: The United States and World Affairs

Part III: The Economic System of the United States

Chapter 11: What is an Economic System?

Chapter 12: The Ingredients of a Free Economy

Chapter 13: Employers and Employees

Chapter 14: Money in the Marketplace

Chapter 15: Was Free Enterprise Ever Free?

Part IV: The Opportunities and Responsibilities of Citizenship

Chapter 16: The Citizen's Social Responsibilities

Chapter 17: The Citizen's Political Life

Chapter 18: The Citizen's Economic Life

Chapter 19: The Citizen's Responsibilities to himself.

Part V: Young Citizens Plan for the Future

Chapter 20: Choosing a Career

Chapter 21: Turning Goals into Realities

Appendix 1: Bibliography of Additional Readings

Appendix 2: Answers to Review Tests

Appendix 3: Index

(Edited by William Dwyer on 2/12, 8:54pm)

When I was in grade school we were partially graded on "citizenship."  I remember receiving low scores.  I was a bit of a troublemaker.  The authoritarianism of school teachers was totally unwelcome in my life.  If I were still in Toastmasters, I would likely perform a spoof of a popular novel called "Fifty Shades of Citizenship" complete with leather mask and large wooden paddle along with deep, heavy breathing as I re-enacted some of my teachers' antics with deeply stinging satire.

Needless to say, those experiences left in my mouth the foul taste of "Shitty-Zen-Ship" as I had boatload after boatload of "do, do" dumped into my lap daily while still attempting to maintain some semblance of inner peace.

I look forward to a more positive take on the matter from Bill's forthcoming review.

As for public school teachers:

Bow now, public servants, and serve the public as you are paid!

(Edited by Luke Setzer on 2/13, 11:26am)

Would it be legal to scan this book to PDF and post it to the Web?

Robert,

If I had thought of it, I would have made you a competitive offer for the book -- something a bit less than $100.00 (including shipping) -- just to see if you were interested.

Would you have been willing to sell?

MIke, thanks for posting the information on copyright and public domain status.  The book's copyright date is 1966 by Alpha Study Aids, Inc., New York, N.Y., a company that no longer exists.  The book was distributed by Monarch Press, Inc.  Barnes and Noble now owns Monarch Press, so I called B & N to see if the book was still available.  They had no record of it.  

Perhaps The Paper Tiger, an Objectivist publisher, would be willing to reproduce the book, as they do an exceptional job of reprinting.  Here's their web site: http://papertig.com/.  So, I decided to contact Fred Weiss, the publisher, and run the idea by him.  He said that although he had largely retired from publishing, he would consider it.  He recalls having the book himself and thinks he might still have it around somewhere.  So, we'll see.  

He mentioned the possibility of revising it with perhaps a forward by a professor of political science or of some similar subject.  He didn't think there was any issue with the copyright.  He also mentioned trying to contact the author.  Unfortunately, there are so many Joyce F. Jones in the country, it would be difficult to locate the right one, assuming she's still alive.  Needle in a haystack. :-/

(Edited by William Dwyer on 2/18, 1:39pm)