Description: Voices from the Peace Corps emphasizes the value of practical idealism in building meaningful cultural connections that span the globe.
Brief description: Angene Wilson is professor emeritus of education at the University of Kentucky, where she was chair of the secondary social studies program from 1975 to 2004. She is the author of The Meaning of International Experience for Schools and coauthor of Social Studies and the World: Teaching Global Perspectives.
Review Quotes:
Using the myriad stories from the men and women interviewed by Angene and Jack Wilson and others is, without much doubt, the best way to tell the Peace Corps's story. The stories and memories of five decades' worth of Peace Corps veterans show that the commercial was right: it was the toughest job they ever loved.
--Troy Reeves, University of Wisconsin--Madison Oral History Program