CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau's essay with being "the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America." This new edition of Civil Disobedience includes a biographical essay on Thoreau by historian Elbert Hubbard.

About the author

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862), writer and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. His writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world rank him among the most influential thinkers of American lite

Product details

• Authors: Henry D. Thoreau
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2017
• EAN: 9781365918056
• ISBN: 978-1-365-91805-6
• No. of pages: 46
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 83 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous