Civil Rights category: 2079 books
Solidarity Intervention
An ethnography of nonviolent transnational contention in the West Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
All across the globe, individuals mobilize international support in defense of Palestinian rights and a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, these international activists are neither the beneficiaries of their efforts nor do they closely identify with the Palestinian population....
by Eric Foner
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe
Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery....
The Burden of Collective Goodwill
The International Involvement in the Liberian Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The book is the first to discuss in detail the extensive external involvement in the Liberian civil war, a war that claimed up to 200,000 lives, created a massive refuge crisis and brought West Africa to the tribunal of international attention. The book is conceived against the background that the...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau's essay with being "the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America."
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Throughout history, as well as in contemporary times, religion has had a significant impact on society and culture. Many times religious undertones are incorporated into political agendas or social movements in an effort to spur action from and engage the masses Comparative Perspectives on Civil Religion,...
The Greatest Essays of Henry David Thoreau - 26 Influential Titles in One Edition
Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts, Life Without Principle, The Landlord, Walking, Sir Walter Raleigh, Paradise (to be) Regained, Herald of Freedom…
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Essays of Henry David Thoreau - 26 Influential Titles in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Introduction:...
In the Name of Necessity
Military Tribunals and the Loss of American Civil Liberties
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Analyses the ways American leaders have justified the use of military tribunals, the suspension of due process, and the elimination of habeas corpus.
Though the war on terrorism is said to have generated unprecedented military situations, arguments for the Patriot Act and military tribunals following...
And Then I Danced
Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Mark Segal has long been one of the most visible -- and effective -- advocates for GLBT rights. But his work extends far beyond advocacy and delves into the nuts-and-bolts of housing for the elderly, political representation, etc.
On December 2, 1973 Mark Segal famously disrupted the live broadcast...
The End of the Charter Revolution
Looking Back from the New Normal
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms became an entrenched part of the Canadian Constitution on April 17, 1982. The Charter represented a significant change in Canadian constitutional order and carried the courts, and the Supreme Court in particular, decisively into some of the biggest controversies...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
20 works of Henry David Thoreau American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist (1817-1862)
This ebook presents a collection of 20 works of Henry David Thoreau. A dynamic table of contents...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2019
Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his...
Struggle for Mastery
Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2003
Around 1900, the southern states embarked on a series of political campaigns aimed at disfranchising large numbers of voters. By 1908, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia had succeeded in depriving virtually all African...
A Majority of One
Thoreau's Political Writings
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
In 1846, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his poll taxes, so he was arrested and imprisoned. This formed the basis for his essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (first published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), where he argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or...
Cheating Justice
How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution- and What We Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they authorized torture, unilaterally upending laws and violating international treaty obligations. Yet,...