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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

America (The Book)
A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
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Author Jon Stewart
Ben Karlin
David Javerbaum
with
Samantha Bee
Rich Blomquist
Steve Bodow
Tim Carvell
Stephen Colbert
Rob Corddry
Eric Drysdale
Ed Helms
Chris Regan
Brendan Hay
Country United States
Language English
Genre Humor
Publisher Warner Books
Publication date
September 2004
Pages 227
ISBN
OCLC 56479080
818/.5407 22
LC Class PN6231.P6 S84 2004
Followed by America (the Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
America (the Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Author Jon Stewart
Ben Karlin
David Javerbaum
with
Samantha Bee
Rich Blomquist
Steve Bodow
Tim Carvell
Stephen Colbert
Rob Corddry
Eric Drysdale
Ed Helms
Chris Regan
Brendan Hay
Stanley K. Schultz
Country United States
Language English
Genre Humor
Publisher Warner Books
Publication date
September 2006
Media type Trade paperback
Pages 227
ISBN
Preceded by America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Followed by Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004 humor book written by Jon Stewart and other writers of The Daily Show that parodies and satirizes American politics and worldview. It has won several awards, and generated some controversy.

An updated trade paperback edition was published in 2006 as a "Teacher's Edition", with updated coverage of the Supreme Court Justices (including Samuel Alito and John Roberts, who were appointed after the 2004 book's publication), and fact checking by Stanley K. Schultz, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with red marks and remarks appearing throughout, correcting the satirical "mistakes" (and a few honest errors) of the original edition.

America (The Book) was written and edited by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, and other writers of The Daily Show. Karlin was the show's executive producer and Javerbaum its head writer. The book is written as a parody of a United States high school civics textbook, complete with study guides, questions, and class exercises. Also included are scholarly "Were You Aware?" boxes, one of which explains that "the term 'Did You Know' is copyrighted by a rival publisher". The book provides discussion questions to mock history study guide books, with ridiculous questions such as: "Would you rather be a king or slave? Why or why not?". It pokes fun at the American political system, and includes a chapter caricaturing stereotypical American views of the rest of the world.


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