Peace Corps (U.S.)

Overview

Works:	5,400 works in 7,261 publications in 2 languages and 185,290 library holdings
Genres:	Anecdotes Case studies Handbooks and manuals History Biographies Periodicals Pictorial works Illustrated works Personal narratives
Roles:	Editor, Producer, Other, 070
Classifications:	HC60.5, 361.6

Publication Timeline

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( )
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( )
Crossing cultures--stories of the Peace Corps experience( )

River town : two years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler( Book )
Voices from the Peace Corps : fifty years of Kentucky volunteers by Angene Wilson( )
Making them like us : Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s by Fritz Fischer( Book )
The Peace Corps, a pictorial history by A. J Ezickson( Book )
Socrates in Sichuan : Chinese students search for truth, justice, and the (Chinese) way by Peter Vernezze( )
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 )
A Caribbean identity : memoirs of the colonial service by A. S Frankson( )
The Peace Corps by Pauline Madow( Book )
Living poor : a Peace Corps chronicle by Moritz Thomsen( 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 )
Peace Corps fantasies : how development shaped the global sixties by Molly Geidel( )

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

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

8 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 587 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 470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

3 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 429 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 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps times( )

in English and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peace Corps : the great adventure( Book )

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

5 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 339 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

4 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 335 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 334 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 309 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

Peace Corps : status of initiatives to improve volunteer safety and security by Jess T Ford( )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

4 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 270 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 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Community content-based instruction manual( )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 265 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 256 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 254 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 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life skills manual( )

3 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A comprehensive behavior change approach that concentrates on the development of the skills needed for life, such as communication, decision-making, thinking, managing emotions, assertiveness, self-esteem, resisting peer pressure, and relationship skills ... consists of more than fifty different lesson ideas that are written with a strong bias toward youth work. However, they are quite easy to adapt to any age." Lessons are organized into five strands: Peer Education, Facing Facts about HIV/AIDS and STDs, Communication Skills, Decision Making Skills, Relationship Skills

A Community Economic Development (CED) training guide for Peace Corps volunteers [electronic resource]( )

2 editions published in 2002 in Undetermined and English and held by 245 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 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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