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Social civics

William Bennett Munro · 1922 · Scanned text

241,770 words · about 16 h 56 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
William Bennett Munro
Language
English
Published
1922
Length
241,770 words · about 16 h 56 min
Sections
57 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
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Public domain · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (57)
  1. Front matter about 6 min
  2. Part II The Organization Of Government under 1 min
  3. Part III The Civic Activities under 1 min
  4. Appendix about 1 min
  5. Chapter I Human Society about 50 min
  6. Chapter III about 36 min
  7. CHAPTER IV Various uses of the word “state” about 21 min
  8. Chapter V about 23 min
  9. CHAPTER VI The ulti¬ mate about 34 min
  10. Chapter VII about 40 min
  11. Chapter VIII about 30 min
  12. Chapter IX about 22 min
  13. Chapter X about 32 min
  14. Chapter XI about 35 min
  15. CHAPTER XII Place of the states in the nation about 29 min
  16. CHAPTER XIII E pluribus unum about 28 min
  17. CHAPTER XIV The about 29 min
  18. CHAPTER XV The about 32 min
  19. CHAPTER XVI The about 27 min
  20. Chapter XVII about 19 min
  21. Chapter XVIII about 23 min
  22. Chapter XIX The Encouragement And Regulation Of about 39 min
  23. Chapter XX The Organization And Control Of Industry about 23 min
  24. CHAPTER XXI LABOR AND LABOR PROBLEMS Hand-industry created no labor problem about 35 min
  25. Chapter XXII about 43 min
  26. Chapter XXIII Taxation And Public Finance about 37 min
  27. Chapter XXIV about 26 min
  28. Chapter XXV Education about 33 min
  29. Chapter XXVI Public Health And Sanitation about 36 min
  30. Chapter XXVII Poor-relief, Correction, And Other Welfare Problems about 34 min
  31. Chapter XXVIII about 38 min
  32. Chapter XXIX Foreign Relations about 27 min
  33. CHAPTER XXX The doc¬ trines of Washington and about 27 min
  34. Chapter XXXI The United States And The League Of Nations about 28 min
  35. Chapter XXXII about 27 min
  36. Section 2. House of Representatives about 1 min
  37. Section 3. Senate about 2 min
  38. Section 4. Elections and Meetings of Congress under 1 min
  39. Section 5. Powers and Duties of the Houses about 1 min
  40. Section 6. Privileges of and Restrictions on Members about 1 min
  41. Section 7. Revenue Bills: Voto of President about 1 min
  42. Section 8. Legislative Powers of Congress The Congress shall have power about 2 min
  43. Section 9. Prohibitions upon the United States about 1 min
  44. Section 10. Prohibitions upon the States about 1 min
  45. Section I. Term: Election: Qualifications : Salary: Oath of Office about 3 min
  46. Section 2. President’s Executive Powers about 1 min
  47. Section 3. President’s Executive Powers ( continued ) under 1 min
  48. Section 4. Impeachment under 1 min
  49. Section i. Courts: Terms of Office under 1 min
  50. Section 2. Jurisdiction about 1 min
  51. Section 3. Treason about 2 min
  52. Section 4. Protection to States by the Nation about 6 min
  53. Section i. Abolition of Slavery under 1 min
  54. Section 2. Power of Congress about 1 min
  55. Section 3. Political Disabilities under 1 min
  56. Section 4. Public Debt under 1 min
  57. Section 5. Powers of Congress about 18 min
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Front matter

Library

Brigham Young University

Call No. .

Part II The Organization Of Government

THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT

IV. The Nature and Forms of Government

V. The Citizen: His Rights and Duties .

VI. Popular Control of Government

THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

VII. Suffrage and Elections . . . .

VIII. Party Organization and Practical Politics

LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT

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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

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XVII.

XVIII.

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XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX

XXXI

XXXII.

The National Constitution .

Congress at Work ......

The President and his Cabinet ....

The Courts and the Law .....

Part III The Civic Activities

The Agricultural Interests ....

The Encouragement and Regulation of Com¬ merce ........

The Organization and Control of Industry Labor and Labor Problems ....

Currency, Banking, and Credit .

Taxation and Public Finance ....

Public Utilities and Public Ownership

SOCIAL

Education ........

Public Health and Sanitation .

Poor-Relief, Correction, and Other Welfare Problems .......

INTERNATIONAL

The United States as a World Power .. .

The United States and the League of Nations Political and Social Reconstruction

Appendix

The Constitution of the United States

PAGE x

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Justice. By Edward Simmons ....

The Family. By Charles Sprague Pearce The Melting Pot. By Vesper L. George Thrift and Prosperity. By Frederick Dielman Liberty, Fraternity, Equality. By Edward Simmons Government. By Elihu Vedder Good Administration. By Elihu Vedder Washington at the Constitutional Convention. By Oakley .......

Science Revealing the Treasures of the Earth. By Ed Abbey .......

The Spirit of Vulcan. By Edwin A. Abbey .

The Crowning of Labor. By John W. Alexander The Evolution of the Book. By John W. Alexander Justice and Mercy. By A. R. Willett The Spirit of Light. By Edwin A. Abbey The Graduate. By Edwin H. Blashfield

Frontispiece

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Violet

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Facing a u n n n n

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LIST OF MAPS, CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS

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The Center of Population ..... Facing 21

The Growth of American Cities . . . . “ 183

The Commission Plan ..... “ 194

The City Manager Plan ..... “ 197

Municipal Administrative Departments . . “ 205

Traffic Zones ....... “ 210

Simplified State Administration . . . . “ 241

Land Regions of the United States . . . “ 340

The Relation of Money and Prices ... “ 443

The Control of Education . . . . “ 500

The Rise of Prices in War Time . . . “ 582

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