People Power: Fifty Peacemakers and Their Communities [Hardcover]

Michael True (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 8131600874 | ISBN-13: 978-8131600870 | Publication Date: April 4, 2007

Background essays, documents central to non-violent movements, c. 18th Century to the Present. Includes Tolstoy, Gandhi, King, Mandela, Catholic workers, Ballou, many others. excellent reference. would make a useful text for a variety of courses

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About the Author

Former President, International Peace Research Assn. Foundation, and author of ten books. Professor Emeritus, Assumption College, with teaching experience in numer institutions including Fulbrights to India

Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Rawat (April 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8131600874
• ISBN-13: 978-8131600870
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,046,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Here's what has been said of this book., August 23, 2007

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This review is from: People Power: Fifty Peacemakers and Their Communities (Hardcover)

"...a great contribution to an overview of the peace movement and the
heroic persons who chose that route to travel. --Jeanne Kinney

"People Power is superb--measured and generous, and graced with all
manner of interesting details. Truly an achievement." --Daniel Berrigan, S.J.

".True's best book. I found it hard to put down because it's so engaging and non excesssive." --Frances Crowe

"It's an inspiring book and it will be wonderful if young people will read it. Yes, every home should have one!" --Howard Zinn

Brief portraits of peacemakers around the world, from Thomas Paine to Young Catholic Workers, including Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Oscar Romero, Rosa Parks, Randolph Bourne, Eugene Victor Debs, Dorothy Day, Gandhi,Tolstoy, Jane Addams, Quakers.