num_pages: 36
description: Originally published in 1849 as "Resistance to Civil Government," Thoreau's classic essay on resistance to the laws and acts of government that he considered unjust was largely ignored until the Twentieth Century when Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and anti-Vietnam War activists applied Thoreau's principles.
language: English
title: Civil Disobedience
titlecomplete: Civil Disobedience (Books of American Wisdom)
genres: American, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, Nonfiction, School, Essays, Classics, 19th Century, History
ratings_count: 16369
publisher: Applewood Books