
We Are Power
How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World
Todd Hasak-Lowy(Author)
Thorndike Striving Reader (Publisher)
Published on 9. December 2020
Book
Hardback
365 pages
978-1-4328-8251-8 (ISBN)
Description
A stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Václav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. It answers the question "Why nonviolence?" by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and always in the face of overwhelming odds. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
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Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Kindergarten, Reading Age: From 10 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Library binding
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
542 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4328-8251-8 (9781432882518)
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Person
Todd Hasak-Lowy is the author of several books for young readers. He is a professor of creative writing and literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hasak-Lowy lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife and two daughters. Visit toddhasaklowy.com.