civil disobedience

Contains "Walden, " "Civil disobedience, " "Life without principle, " and selections from "A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, " "Cape Cod, " "The Maine woods, " and "The journal.".

Thanks to leaders such as Rachel Carson, John Muir, and Gaylord Nelson, the planet is a healthier place. Find out what they did and what you can do to keep their voices strong.

From the shouts of the common people in Ancient Rome to modern protests organized through social media, citizens the world over have taken to the streets to demand their freedom.

Presents two texts by American writer Henry David Thoreau: "Walden," in which he offers his philosophy of life and observations of nature gleaned from a year of solitary living in a cabin on Walden Pond in Massachusetts, and "Civil Disobedience," a treatise on nonviolent resistance and protest.

Contains sixteen essays that debate issues related to civil disobedience, discussing whether or not there is a place for civil disobedience in democratic societies, if civil disobedience is justifiable, if violence is ever called for, and how effective civil disobedience is.

A history of civil disobedience in the United States, examining the causes that have inspired it and the controversies it has created.

An old man in India recalls how, when he was a young boy, he got his first taste of freedom as he and his brother joined the great Muhatma Gandhi on a march to the sea to make salt in defiance of British law.

Thoreau stresses the importance of a quiet reflective life and the rewards of a non-materialistic existence in "Walden" and discusses his belief in nonviolent protests against an unjust government in "On the duty of civil disobedience".

Draws on historic and contemporary examples to explore why and how activists break the law and why they feel their civil disobedience is justified in order to promote and protect their beliefs and causes.

"Strategic nonviolent action has reasserted itself as a potent force in shaping public debate and forcing political change. Whether it is an explosive surge of protest calling for racial justice in the United States, a demand for democratic reform in Hong Kong or Mexico, a wave of uprisings against dictatorship in the Middle East, or a tent city on Wall Street that spreads throughout the country, when mass movements erupt onto our television screens, the media portrays them as being as spontaneous and unpredictable. In 'This is an Uprising,' political analysts Mark and Paul Engler uncover the organization and well-planned strategies behind such outbursts of protest, examining core principles that have been used to spark and guide moments of transformative unrest"--Provided by publisher.