We are power : how nonviolent activism changes the world /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020Description: xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781419741111
- 141974111X
- Nonviolence -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Protest movements -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Political participation -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Social change -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Nonviolence -- History
- Protest movements -- History
- Political participation -- History
- Social change -- History -- Juvenile literature
- 303.6/109 23
- HM1281 .H3595 2020
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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JNF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Juvenile Nonfiction | YA 303.6 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34480000573844 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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-from the freedom of India from British rule to American labor unions and civil rights to actions taken by high school and college students around the world-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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