A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
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One of the topics covered in A Synopsis of the History of American Civilization is, "Democracy". The concept of democracy and America are bound together so that one cannot survive without the other. Americans have often taken pride in the idea that the U.S. is a model of democratic politics with special responsibility to make the world safe for democracy. What is democracy, then? The dictionary defines democracy as a state having government by all people, direct or representative; form of society ignoring hereditary class distinctions and tolerating minority view. In other terms, any system of government in which rule is by the people is called democracy. The term "democracy" comes from the Greek, "demos"(meaning, the people) and "kratia"(meaning, rule) or putting together, the rule by the people. The key idea of democracy is that, it is the people who hold sovereign power. Thus, government is conducted by and with the people's consent. Abraham Lincoln best captured this spirit in describing democracy as "government of the people by the people for the people".
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A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION as the title indicates, is a compact and simplified form of the American History and Civilization, providing historical and intellectual materials towards a fuller understanding of American culture in the twentieth century. By its form and content, it is also intended as a textbook or reference manual for both high school and undergraduate students and teachers in American History and Civilization courses; whereas the general reader may consider it as his/her window on the New World.
About the Author
Henri Didier Moudoungou is born on April 26,1957 at Aubeville in Congo Brazzaville. After his elementary, secondary and higher studies in Congo Brazzaville (University of Brazzaville). in France (University of Orleans and University of Paris IV-Sorbonne), he taught American literature and Civilization in the Department of English at the University of Lome, Togo (West Africa) before moving to U.S.A. where he attended and graduated from Kaplan University, Chicago, Illinois, and University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
He presently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with his family, where he teaches English Composition and American Literature in the Department of English at Chatfield College and French, English Composition and Literature in the Department of Languages, Literature and Writing at Miami University, Hamilton, Ohio.