Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage
- ISBN-10
- 1136764828
- ISBN-13
- 9781136764820
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 640
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-12
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Roger Powers S
Description
From Solidarity's passive/aggressive faceoff with communism to the courageous sit-ins and marches of the Civil Rights Movement, here is the first systematic survey of peaceful confrontations between the forces for the status quo and the forces for change. All the important events, tactics, and leaders are covered: Women's suffrage, blockades, IRA hunger strikes, monkey wrenching, Charter 77, the Clamshell Alliance, Rosa Parks, Leo Tolstoy, Martin Luther King, Lech Walesa, and many more.
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- 1997-01-01
- 610 pages
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