This mid-century civics textbook offers a colorful, nostalgic look at how students in the 1950s were taught to be active, informed citizens. From community life and voting to health insurance and career planning, it’s packed with memorable illustrations, dated advice, and detailed discussion of citizenship and democracy. Civics—then a required subject—taught young Americans how government works and how their roles as citizens mattered in a democratic society. Fair condition: • Cover: marks/fading and wear at edges and corners (bumped) • Spine: marks/fading and wear at ends •Pages: wear typical for vintage school book with writing/underlining, age marks, folded corners and small tears throughout. First half of title page and a couple of the index pages in the back are absent • Edges: age marks/brown spots/writing/scribbling and darkening Please see all pictures as well to help determine condition. I have hundreds of antique and vintage books, see my other listings! Thanks!