autonomy and independence movements

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autonomy and independence movements

Mahatma Gandhi and India's independence in world history

2000
Traces India's struggle to gain independence, highlighting the leadership of Mohandas Gandhi whose tactics of nonviolent protest have become a goal of resistance movements worldwide.

Causes and consequences of independence in Africa

1998
Examines the beginning of the independence movement in Africa and the results once freedom was achieved.

Quebec

province divided
2000
Examines the history of the Canadian province's ethnic conflict as French-speakers have struggled to preserve their cultural, religious, and ethnic identity in an English-speaking country and how that struggle has led to the movement to make Quebec an independent country.

Why the Dalai Lama matters

his act of truth as the solution for China, Tibet, and the world
2008
Explores the popularity of the Dalai Lama and how he is attempting to restore Tibetan cultural and religion while at the same time keeping Tibet as part of China.

Africa

the struggle for independence
1993
Chronicles the struggle of African nations to become independent from European-rule and highlights heroic African leaders.

The white separatist movement

2002
Explores the beliefs and activities of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, and such late twentieth-century white supremacist extremist groups as the Christian Identity movement.

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