Peace Corps (U.S.)

Overview

Works:	4,829 works in 6,683 publications in 2 languages and 170,637 library holdings
Genres:	Posters Anecdotes Case studies Biography Handbooks and manuals History Periodicals Pictorial works Illustrated works Registers (Lists)
Roles:	Producer, Editor, Other
Classifications:	HC60.5, 361.6

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Most widely held works about Peace Corps (U.S.)

All you need is love : the Peace Corps and the spirit of the 1960s by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman( )
The politics of the Peace Corps & VISTA by T. Zane Reeves( )
Modernization as ideology : American social science and "nation building" in the Kennedy era by Michael E Latham( )
Heart of palms : MY PEACE CORPS YEARS IN TRANQUILLA by Meredith W Cornett( )
River town : two years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler( Book )

Making them like us : Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s by Friedrich Fischer( Book )
Crossing cultures--stories of the Peace Corps experience( )
Voices from the Peace Corps : fifty years of Kentucky volunteers by Angene Hopkins Wilson( )
Peace Corps : skilled trades by Peace Corps (U.S.)( )
The Peace Corps, a pictorial history by A. J Ezickson( Book )
The bold experiment : JFK's Peace Corps by Gerard T Rice( Book )
When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years by Stanley Meisler( Book )
Socrates in Sichuan : Chinese students search for truth, justice, and the (Chinese) way by Peter Vernezze( )
A Caribbean identity : memoirs of the colonial service by A. S Frankson( )
The Peace Corps by Pauline Madow( Book )
What you can do for your country : an oral history of the Peace Corps by Karen Schwarz( Book )
Away from home : letters to my family by Lillian Carter( Book )
Cultural frontiers of the Peace Corps by Robert B Textor( Book )
The complete Peace Corps guide by Roy Hoopes( Book )
Living poor : a Peace Corps chronicle by Moritz Thomsen( Book )

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Most widely held works by Peace Corps (U.S.)

Celebrate the world! : AIDS awareness month( Visual )

10 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A life inspired : tales of Peace Corps service( Book )

8 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty-eight first-person stories, recount the unique experience of being a Peace Corps Volunteer. Compelling, inspiring, sometimes funny, often poignant, these stories represent the breadth of Peace Corps work, the countries it serves, and its Volunteer diversity. Together, the stories reflect the adventure, the cross-cultural exchange, the personal growth, and the deep friendships forged as part of the Peace Corps Volunteers journey

To touch the world : the Peace Corps experience( Book )

3 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 479 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Culture matters : the Peace Corps cross-cultural workbook by Craig Storti( Book )

6 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 418 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A practical, interactive workbook that guides the reader through the cross-cultural experience, the major concepts in the intercultural field, and presents exercises, stories, quotations, and descriptive text to help the reader in successfully adapting to a new culture. An excellent training resource." Organized into six sections: Understanding Culture, American Culture and American Diversity, Styles of Communication, Culture in the Workplace, Social Relationships, Adjusting to a New Culture

Peace Corps, the great adventure( Book )

4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 415 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps times( )

in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps : the great adventure( Book )

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty years of Peace Corps by Gerard T Rice( Book )

5 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps perspective : a look at the people, places, and cultures of the first 140 Peace Corps host countries, from 1961-2014 by Sarah Blazucki( Book )

2 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Overview: This collection of photographs spans the Peace Corps service in 140 countries over the last five decades. The photos showcase the diversity of the locales where volunteers have served. This pictorial collection captures the work that Peace Corps Volunteers conduct as part of the program ranging from agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth development. Peace Corps Volunteers teach English and computer literacy, raise awareness around HIV/AIDS, and malaria, facilitate community action and environmental issues, and educate girls and boys in leadership, participation in civil society, and gender issues. This illustrated book also features the various cultures of the peoples that the Peace Corps has served

Crossing cultures with the Peace Corps : Peace Corps letters from the field( )

3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps : on the home front : a handbook for the families of volunteers( Book )

2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The hidden force; a report of the International Conference on Middle Level Manpower, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 10-12, 1962 by Francis W Godwin( Book )

3 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The toughest job you'll ever love : Peace Corps( Book )

3 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From the center of the earth : stories out of the Peace Corps( Book )

2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Peace Corps welcomes you to Albania : a Peace Corps publication for new volunteers by Peace Corps (U.S.)( )

1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Community content-based instruction manual( )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps in the 80's by Gerard T Rice( Book )

2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps : initiatives for addressing safety and security challenges hold promise, but progress should be assessed by United States( )

1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Information and communication technologies (ICT) : integrating digital tools into your projects( )

2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Biographic register of the Department of State by United States( )

in English and held by 225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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