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USA/From Where We Stand (book)
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USA/From Where We Stand: Readings in Contemporary American Problems is a non-fiction
book published by Fearon Publishers
in 1970.
The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California
's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan
. Ryan later went on to become a United States Representative from California's 11th congressional district
. Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple
in Guyana
. He was the first and only Congressman to die in the line of duty, and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983.
Notable contributors to USA/From Where We Stand include (in order of appearance in the book) :
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
book published by Fearon Publishers
Fearon Publishers
Fearon Publishers, is a United States publishing company based in Belmont, California. This publishing company mainly deals with parenting and education books....
in 1970.
The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan
Leo Ryan
Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr. was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until he was murdered in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple shortly before the Jonestown Massacre in 1978.After the Watts Riots...
. Ryan later went on to become a United States Representative from California's 11th congressional district
California's 11th congressional district
California's 11th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California. Based in Northern California, it encompasses parts of San Joaquin, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties....
. Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple
Peoples Temple
Peoples Temple was a religious organization founded in 1955 by Jim Jones that, by the mid-1970s, included over a dozen locations in California including its headquarters in San Francisco...
in Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
. He was the first and only Congressman to die in the line of duty, and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983.
Notable contributors
- Leo J. Ryan, "From Where We Stand"
- Jesse M. Unruh, "Effective Local Government"
- Robert TheobaldRobert TheobaldRobert Theobald was a private consulting economist and futurist author. In economics, he was best known for his writings on the economics of abundance and his advocacy of a Basic Income Guarantee...
, "A Fail-Safe Line for Dissent" - Stewart AlsopStewart AlsopStewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop was an American newspaper columnist and political analyst.Born and raised in Avon, Connecticut, Alsop attended Groton School and Yale University...
, "Virus X and the Body Politic" - Robert HessenRobert HessenRobert Hessen, Ph.D., is an American economic and business historian, a widely published author, a professor in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, and a senior research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Among the books he has written or edited are Steel Titan: The Life...
, "Campus or Battleground?" - Margaret MeadMargaret MeadMargaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s....
, "We Must Learn To See What's Really New" - James H. BillingtonJames H. BillingtonLord LeBron James Hadley Billington is an American academic. He is the thirteenth Librarian of the United States Congress.-Early years:...
, "The Humanistic Heartbeat Has Failed" - Robert F. KennedyRobert F. KennedyRobert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...
, "Now We Must Learn to Speak to Each Other" - Robert SherrillRobert SherrillRobert Sherrill is an American investigative journalist and longtime contributor to The Nation, Texas Observer, and many other magazines over the years including Playboy, the New Republic and the New York Times Magazine....
, "The Jet Noise Is Getting Awful" - Rachel CarsonRachel CarsonRachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement....
, "And No Birds Sing" - Joseph Wood KrutchJoseph Wood KrutchJoseph Wood Krutch was an American writer, critic, and naturalist.Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he initially studied at the University of Tennessee and received a masters degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University. After serving in the army in 1918, he travelled in Europe for a year with friend...
, "What the Year 2000 Won't Be Like"
See also
- Congressman Leo J. RyanLeo RyanLeo Joseph Ryan, Jr. was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until he was murdered in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple shortly before the Jonestown Massacre in 1978.After the Watts Riots...
- Leo J. Ryan Memorial ParkLeo J. Ryan Memorial ParkLeo J. Ryan Memorial Park is a recreational city park, located in Foster City, California and run by the city government and local citizens. Originally called simply "Central Park", the park was named in honor and memory of Congressman Leo J. Ryan, the first and only United States Congressman to...
- Leo J. Ryan AwardLeo J. Ryan AwardThe Leo J. Ryan Award was established by the Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation in honor of Congressman Leo J. Ryan; the only United States Congressman to be killed in the line of duty. He was assassinated in Guyana, while investigating Jonestown and The Peoples Temple. Ryan was posthumously awarded...