عنوان

Gandhi in the West

(Number (ISBN

9780521760911

(Number (ISBN

0521760917

(Number (ISBN

9780521139588 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

0521139589 (pbk.)

Number

90-485

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Gandhi in the West

Other Title Information

: The Mahatma and the Rise of Radical Protest

First Statement of Responsibility

/ Sean Scalmer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Cambridge University Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 248 p.

Dimensions

; 24 cm.

Text of Note

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Meeting the Mahatma; 2. Gandhism in action; 3. At war over words; 4. Waiting for the peace train; 5. The experimenters; 6. An idea whose time has come?; 7. Transformations unforeseen; Conclusion.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Meeting the Mahatma; 2. Gandhism in action; 3. At war over words; 4. Waiting for the peace train; 5. The experimenters; 6. An idea whose time has come?; 7. Transformations unforeseen; Conclusion.

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Text of Note

"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"--

Gandhi,1869-1948 - Influence.

Nonviolence - Great Britain - History , 20th century.

Nonviolence - United States - History , 20th century.

Protest movements - Great Britain - History , 20th century.

Protest movements - United States - History , 20th century.

Antinuclear movement - Great Britain - History , 20th century.

African Americans - Civil rights - History , 20th century.

Civil rights movements - United States - History , 20th century.

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century

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Book number

Scalmer, Sean.

Date of Transaction

20110524182557.0

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129675

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