Civic service
Subtitle: what difference does it make?
By: James L. Perry and Ann Marie Thomson
Contributors: Thomson, Ann Marie, 1954-
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Labor service -- United States; National service -- United States; Volunteers -- United States
Description: Assessment of the impacts of civic service in the United States to date, [evaluating] a broad range of research on civic service programs, from the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s, [to Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) in the 1960s, to the Youth Conservation Corp in the 1970s,and] to AmeriCorps today. [publisher web site].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-206) and indexes