Mahatma Gandhi - Nonviolent Power in Action

Klappentext This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Zusammenfassung Reprint of 1993 edition. Includes new preface! afterword! and chronology.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Dalton, Dalton Dennis
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.2012
• EAN: 9780231159586
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15958-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political leaders & leadership, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY / Asia / South / India