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Civil disobedience : an encyclopedic history of dissidence in the United States / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
- Title
- Civil disobedience : an encyclopedic history of dissidence in the United States / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
- Author
- Snodgrass, Mary Ellen
- Publication
- Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c2009.
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| v.2 | Text | Request in advance | JC328.3 .S64 2009 v.2 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- 2 v. (xix, 667, 70 p.) : ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Throughout American history, people with strong beliefs that ran counter to society's rules and laws have used civil disobedience to advance their causes. From the Boston Tea Party in 1773, to the Pullman Strike in 1894, to the draft card burnings and sit-ins of more recent times, civil disobedience has been a powerful force for effecting change in American society. This comprehensive A-Z encyclopedia provides a wealth of information on people, places, actions, and events that defied the law to focus attention on an issue or cause. It covers the causes and actions of activists across the political spectrum from colonial times to the present, and includes political, social economic, environmental, and a myriad of other issues. Civil Disobedience ties into all aspects of the American history curriculum, and is a rich source of material for essays and debates on critical issues and events that continue to influence our nation's laws and values. It explores the philosophies, themes, concepts, and practices of activist groups and individuals, as well as the legislation they influenced. A detailed chronology of civil disobedience, listings of acts of conscience and civil disobedience by act and by location, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and a comprehensive index complete the set. - Publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 659-667) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- v. 1. A-Z entries -- v. 2. Chronology: historic acts of conscience -- Acts of conscience and civil disobedience -- Acts of conscience and civil disobedience, by location -- Documents : Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York (December 15, 1773) ; The Liberator: inaugural editorial / William Lloyd Garrison (January 1, 1831) ; On civil disobedience (1849) / Henry David Thoreau ; John Brown's final speech (November 2, 1859) ; Trial remarks of Susan B. Anthony (1873) ; No-conscription League manifesto (1917) / Emma Goldman ; John Lewis remembers the Nashville sit-ins (1960) ; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee founding statement (1960) ; Letter from Birmingham jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 16, 1963) ; Indians of All Nations, the Alcatraz proclamation to the great white father and his people (1969) ; Texas v. Johnson (1989) ; ACT-UP civil disobedience training.
- ISBN
- 9780765681270 (set : hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0765681277 (set : hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008007975
- OCLC
- 202545833
- SCSB-11070328
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library