Civil disobedience : an American tradition /
Perry, Lewis,1938-
The distinctive American tradition of civil disobedience stretches back to pre-Revolutionary War days and has served the purposes of determined protesters ever since. This stimulating book examines the causes that have inspired civil disobedience, the justifications used to defend it, disagreements among its practitioners, and the controversies it has aroused at every turn. Tracing the origins of the notion of civil disobedience to eighteenth-century evangelicalism and republicanism, Lewis Perry discusses how the tradition took shape in the actions of black and white abolitionists and antiwar protesters in the decades leading to the Civil War, then found new expression in post-Civil War campaigns for women's equality, temperance, and labor reform. -- Publisher website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The drama of civil disobedience -- A heritage of civilly disobedient acts -- Slavery and disobedience -- Conflicts of law in the age of reform -- "Wild, unaccountable things" : civil disobedience and woman suffrage -- Beyond submissiveness : from temperance crusade to sit-down strikes -- Adapting a philosophy of nonviolence -- The civil rights revolution -- The sixties and the great tradition of social protest -- The day of the demonstrations isn't over.
The distinctive American tradition of civil disobedience stretches back to pre-Revolutionary War days and has served the purposes of determined protesters ever since. This stimulating book examines the causes that have inspired civil disobedience, the justifications used to defend it, disagreements among its practitioners, and the controversies it has aroused at every turn. Tracing the origins of the notion of civil disobedience to eighteenth-century evangelicalism and republicanism, Lewis Perry discusses how the tradition took shape in the actions of black and white abolitionists and antiwar protesters in the decades leading to the Civil War, then found new expression in post-Civil War campaigns for women's equality, temperance, and labor reform. -- Publisher website.
Civil disobedience
Protest movements