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Essays on Civil Disobedience
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Essays on Civil Disobedience
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Bob Blaisdell
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Series | Thrift Editions |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780486793818
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Classifications | Dewey:303.61 |
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Edition |
First Edition, First ed.
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Dover Publications Inc.
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Imprint |
Dover Publications Inc.
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Publication Date |
29 April 2016 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Inexpensive but substantial, this anthology begins with Thoreau's great 19th-century essay and concludes in the present day. Selections include Tolstoy's "I Cannot Be Silent," Bertrand Russell's "Civil Disobedience and the Threat of Nuclear Warfare," and speeches and writings by Gandhi, Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Dalai Lama, Andrei Sakharov, and many others.
Author Biography
Bob Blaisdell is Professor of English at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and the editor of more than 20 Dover literature and poetry collections. His most recent Dover books include Civil War Letters: From Home, Camp and Battlefield; Great Speeches by Mark Twain; Essays on Teaching; and Humorous American Short Stories.
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