9780792280125 - Power Lines: Two Years in South Africa's Borders (Adventure Press) von Carter, Jason (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

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Zustand: very good, very good. First Printing. 24 cm, 278, illus., map. Introduction by Jimmy Carter. An insightful and moving account of life in contemporary South Africa by Peace Corps volunteer Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Introduction by Jimmy Carter. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 278 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. There is a minor mark on the title page. Internally the pages are clean and complete. tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Signed by author (Jimmy Carter's grandson). Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over black boards. Illustrated with full-color photographs and a B&W map of South Africa. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, tight, square,and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is in perfect condition. AS NEW / AS NEW. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 280 pp. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. An account of life in contemporary South Africa as presented by a Peace Corps volunteer and the grandson of Jimmy Carter presents a portrait of a country struggling to recover from deep racial divisions where black citizens struggle with poverty, unemployment, and powerlessness.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First edition. First printing [stated]. xxiii, [1], 278, [2] p. Illustrations. Map. Signed by author. Peace Corps 40th Anniversary Bookplate signed by author and former President Jimmy Carter on fep. Brochure on The Grosvenor Council laid in. DJ has minor wear, creases and soiling. Introduction by Jimmy Carter, the author's grandfather. In this memoir, an American Peace corps volunteer recalls the challenges and rewards of living and teaching in post-apartheid South Africa. Derived from a Kirkus review: Former president Jimmy Carter's grandson makes a well crafted entry in the genre of the Peace Corps memoir. Thirteen-year-old Jason Carter accompanied his grandfather on a humanitarian mission to Africa in 1988 and returned with vivid, contradictory images: one of idyllic landscapes, another of children his own age pressed into military service. Fast-forward a decade, and Carter, now a young Peace Corps volunteer assigned to the northern townships of South Africa, discovers that gap to be huge indeed, at least for blacks, even under Nelson Mandela's government. On the scene during a time of transition when that government was diligently seeking to remake itself to serve the hitherto disenfranchised majority, Carter offers a firsthand look at life in the townships, ranging from notes on matters of daily existence to larger commentaries on matters of freedom and justice. His narrative is in the main informative, though peppered with gee-whiz enthusiasms and liberal posturing. Carter is at his best when he lets others do the talking, as the time a weary government minister tells him that the most surprising thing he learned about taking power was that "we just had no idea how much we had to do," or when a passer-by in a local shop comments on his globalizing mission: "Yours is the best way to colonize a people. Americans at least give you something in return." A book particularly suited for those contemplating a hitch in the Peace Corps themselves.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xxiii, [1], 278, [2] pages. Color Illustrations. Minor page soiling noted. DJ has slight wear and soiling. National Geographic Society Bookplate celebrating the Peace Corps' 40th Anniversary, signed by the author, Jason Carter, and by President Jimmy Carter (signed as J Carter), on July 10, 2002. Includes Introduction by Jimmy Carter, as well as a Prologue. Jason Carter was a teenager when he first visited Africa with his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter, in 1987. He has since returned to Africa as a representative of the Carter Center and, most recently, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lochiel, a South African town near the Swaziland border. Carter was a law student at the University of Georgia, and lives in Athens, Georgia with his wife, Kate, This is his first book. Jason James Carter (born August 7, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. After graduating from Duke University, Carter served in the Peace Corps stationed in South Africa. In doing so he followed the example of his great grand mother, Lillian Carter (President Jimmy Carter's mother), who became a Peace Corps volunteer at age 68 and spent nearly two years in India working as a nurse with patients with leprosy. Jason Carter lived in Lochiel, South Africa, where he worked on education issues in rural areas. He learned to speak Zulu and Siswati. He wrote a book, titled Power Lines, about his experiences there. Derived from a Kirkus review: Former president Jimmy Carter's grandson makes a well crafted entry in the genre of the Peace Corps memoir. Thirteen-year-old Jason Carter accompanied his grandfather on a humanitarian mission to Africa in 1988 and returned with vivid, contradictory images: one of idyllic landscapes, another of children his own age pressed into military service. Fast-forward a decade, and Carter, now a young Peace Corps volunteer assigned to the northern townships of South Africa, discovers that gap to be huge indeed, at least for blacks, even under Nelson Mandela's government. On the scene during a time of transition when that government was diligently seeking to remake itself to serve the hitherto disenfranchised majority, Carter offers a firsthand look at life in the townships, ranging from notes on matters of daily existence to larger commentaries on matters of freedom and justice. His narrative is in the main informative, though peppered with gee-whiz enthusiasms and liberal posturing. Carter is at his best when he lets others do the talking, as the time a weary government minister tells him that the most surprising thing he learned about taking power was that "we just had no idea how much we had to do," or when a passerby in a local shop comments on his globalizing mission: "Yours is the best way to colonize a people. Americans at least give you something in return." A book particularly suited for those contemplating a hitch in the Peace Corps themselves.