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For further information and ideas regarding Education, Governmental Affairs, and Citizenship, please review the following books:

EDUCATION

• Webb, L. Dean and Arlene Metha and Forbis Jordan. Foundation of American Education. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. 1-583.
• Cookson, Jr., Peter W. School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education. 1st ed. Binghamton, NY: Vail-Ballou Press, 1994. 1-165.
• Sacks, Peter. Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2007. 1-365.
• Boyles, Deron. American Education and Corporations: The Free Market Goes to School. 1st ed. New York: Falmer Press, 2000. 1-211.
• Karier, Clarence J. The Individual, Society, and Education: A History of American Education Ideas. 2nd ed. Illinois: Illini Books, 1986. 1-453.
• The Last Word: The Best Commentary and Controversy in American Education/Editors of Education Week. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2007. 1-239.
• Patterson, James T. Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy. 1st ed. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. 2001. 1-271.
• Chavous, Kevin. Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education. 1st ed. Herndon, VA: Capital Books, Inc., 2004. 1-177.
• Cutler III, William W. Parents and Schools: the 150-Year Struggle for Control in American Education. 1st ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2000. 1-273.
• McLanahan, Sara S., Cecilia Rouse, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. School Readiness: Closing the Racial and Ethnic Gaps. Vol. 15. New York: Brookings Institution P, 2005. 1-204.

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

• Mapp, Jr., Alf J. The Faiths of Our Fathers. 1st ed. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, Inc., 2003. 1-184.
• Miller, Helen Hill. George Mason Constitutionalist. Safety Harbor, FL: Simon Publications, 2001. 1-300.
• Broadwater, Jeff. George Mason Forgotten Founder. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina P, 2006. 1-329.
• Johnson, Paul M. A History of the American People. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1997. 1-1061.
• Aron, Paul. Unsolved Mysteries of American History: An Eye-Opening Journey Through 500 Years of Discoveries, Disappearances, and Baffling Events. 1st ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. 1-219.
• Nies, Judith. Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World Events. 1st ed. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1996. 1-407.
• Friedman, Laurence M. A History of American Law. 3rd ed. New York: Touchstone, 2005. 1-595.
• U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. Green Book, 2004: Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. Washington D.C.: Committee on Ways and Means, 2004. 1-1614.

CITIZENSHIP

• Shklar, Judith N. American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion. 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. 1-115.
• Katz, Michael B. The Price of Citizenship: Redefining the American Welfare State. 1st ed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC., 2001. 1-453.
• Alesi, Gladys E. (M.B.A.). How to Prepare for the U.S. Citizenship Test. 6th ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 2005. 1-224.
• Aleinikoff, T. Alexander. Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship. 1st ed. T. Alexander Aleinikoff, 2002. 1-332.
• Dalton, Russell J. The Good Citizen: How a Younger Generation is Reshaping American Politics. 1st ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2008. 1-228.
• Gutierrez, David G. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity. 1st ed. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1995. 1-338.
• Waldman, Tom. The Best Guide to American Politics: Easily Accessible Information for a Richer, Fuller Life. 1st ed. Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance Media, Inc., 2000. 1-434.
• Sinopoli, Richard C. The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue. 1st ed. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1992. 1-224.
• Denvir, John. Democracy's Constitution: Claiming the Privileges of American Citizenship. 1st ed. Illinois: University of Illinois, 2001. 1-178.
• Egan, Tracie. Voting (Civics/Primary Source Library of American Citizenship). 1st ed. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2004. 1-32.
• Lyons, William and Julie Drew. Punishing Schools: Fear and Citizenship in American Public Education. 1st ed. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2006. 1-268.
• Patterson, Thomas E. We the People With PowerWeb: A Concise Introduction to American Politics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004. 1-790.