Clive Gifford

A Quick History of Politics

From Pharaohs to Fair Votes
Illustrator: Gavan, Steve

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Produktbeschreibung

A Quick History of Politics takes us from pharaohs to fair votes, packed with facts and jokes about the many faces of politics through time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wide Eyed Editions
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780711262744
• ISBN-10: 0711262748
• Artikelnr.: 60012857

Autorenporträt

Clive Gifford has traveled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots, and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and has received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian, and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colors of History (QEB). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. 

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Who Cares?
What’s so good about politics, anyway? Taking Charge?
Why people first started talking politics Me, Me, Me
Autocrats and the first kings For he's a Jolly Good pharaoh
The god
kings of ancient Egypt Awesome Athens
How Athens invented direct democracy... Not
so
Awesome Athens
... but only for some Kings and consuls
Overthrowing a monarchy, Roman
style Emperors and Empires
The first great empires Managing on Merit
The invention of the civil service Here's the Thing
The world’s oldest parliament To the East, Westminster
  How England’s parliament came to be Serfs You Right
How land = power in medieval Europe Naughty Niccolo
Machiavelli’s mischief in Renaissance Italy Parliament 1, King 0
Things get uncivil in 1600s England Locke's The Key
John Locke’s radical ideas Age of Empires
How European powers set out to conquer the world I Want To Break Free
America boots out the Brits America Decides
The US builds a government from scratch The Peasants Are Revolting!
The French Revolution gives monarchs the chop Left or Right
Understanding the political spectrum Party Time!
All about political parties Fed Up
“Big” and “small” government Divvying It Up
Constituencies and electoral districts Gerrymandering
Dastardly district
drawing Rebel, rebel
19th
century workers take to the streets Marx my words
Two German beards with big ideas The Art of Persuasion
Fighting dirty in 19th
century elections Most Votes Wins
How elections work contents Electoral Upgrades
Ideas for making elections fairer Deeds not words
The struggle for women’s suffrage How to Steal an Election HOW TO STEAL AN ELECTION
Electoral fraud and vanishing votes Communism and Fascism
The far left vs. the far right The Sometimes United Nations
Politics at the international level The Great 28 Oops, 27
How the European Union was formed About Time!
How women won the vote Independence Day
How colonies become countries Coup You!
Bringing the big guns—military uprisings Iron Grip
A guide to the modern autocrat Restricted by race
Segregation and voter suppression But we were here first
The global fight for Indigenous rights You're kidding!
Why voting age matters Going to the Polls
What to do on election day Surprising Candidates
Beer, rhinos, and a bottle of foot powder Good New and Bad News
How the media influences politics Putting Pressure On
Interest groups and lobbyists Making change happen
Activism from the ground up Net gains
How social media and the internet changed politics No Success Without Excess?
The mind
boggling money behind elections Power To The People
Staging an election in the world’s biggest democracy Tackling Turnout
Making sure those who can vote, do Never Too Young
Politics—not just for old people What happens next?
What might the future hold for politics? Politics Timeline Politically Peculiar
The weird and wacky world of politics Politics Quiz More Power to the People
Further reading and resources Glossary Index