1st Edition
Civil Disobedience An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States
736 Pages
by
Routledge
736 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; abolitionism; abortion; ACT-UP; Alianza Movement; American Indian Movement; Animal Liberation Front; apartheid; Baez, Joan; Baptists; Bay of Pigs invasion; Berrigan brothers; birth control; black militias.
Biography
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
