Diplomats in Buckskins: A History of Indian Delegations in Washington City

Viola, Herman J.

ISBN 10: 0874749441 / ISBN 13: 9780874749441

Published by Smithsonian Inst Pr, Washington, D.C, 1981

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233pp. Illus. endpapers. Illus. title page. Illus. Notes. Biblio., Index. Clean. Seller Inventory # 004765

Bibliographic Details

Title: Diplomats in Buckskins: A History of Indian ...

Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Pr, Washington, D.C

Publication Date: 1981

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Pundits and social observers have voiced alarm each year as fewer Americans involve themselves in voluntary groups that meet regularly. Thousands of nonprofit groups have been launched in recent times, but most are run by professionals who lobby Congress or deliver social services to clients. What will happen to U.S. democracy if participatory groups and social movements wither, while civic involvement becomes one more occupation rather than every citizen’s right and duty? In Diminished Democracy, Theda Skocpol shows that this decline in public involvement has not always been the case in this country—and how, by understanding the causes of this change, we might reverse it.

Review:

"The diligence with which Dr. Viola pursued his research has enabled him to write a most rewarding book which captures the agonies and pleasures, successes and defeats, and humor and pathos of the delegates as they conferred with Washington's sympathetic bur mostly patronizing and diffident bureaucracy."