| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 248 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"The non-violent protests of civil rights activists and anti-nuclear campaigners during the 1960s helped to redefine Western politics. But where did they come from? Sean Scalmer uncovers their history in an earlier generation's intense struggles to understand and emulate the activities of Mahatma Gandhi. He shows how Gandhi's non-violent protests were the subject of widespread discussion and debate in the USA and UK for several decades. Though at first misrepresented by Western newspapers, they were patiently described and clarified by a devoted group of cosmopolitan advocates. Small groups of Westerners experimented with Gandhian techniques in virtual anonymity and then, on the cusp of the 1960s, brought these methods to a wider audience. The swelling protests of later years increasingly abandoned the spirit of non-violence, and the central significance of Gandhi and his supporters has therefore been forgotten. This book recovers this tradition, charts its transformation, and ponders its abiding significance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Meeting the Mahatma -- Gandhism in action -- At war over words -- Waiting for the peace train -- The experimenters -- An idea whose time has come? -- Transformations unforeseen. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. |
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Nonviolence -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Nonviolence. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Protest movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Protest movements. |
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Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Antinuclear movement -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Antinuclear movement. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scalmer, Sean, 1971- Gandhi in the West. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011 9780521760911 (DLC) 2010045716 (OCoLC)663441269 |
| ISBN |
9780511974168 (electronic book) |
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0511974167 (electronic book) |
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9780511860973 (electronic book) |
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0511860978 (electronic book) |
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9780521760911 |
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0521760917 |
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9780521139588 |
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0521139589 |
| Standard No. |
9786613006080 |
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