UXL protests, riots, and rebellions
Subtitle: civil unrest in the modern world
By: Tracey Vasil Biscontini, editor
Contributors: Gale (Firm)
Series: Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: UXL, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9781410339096; 9781410339089; 9781410339102; 9781410339119; 9781410355874
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Protest movements; Juvenile literature; History; Civil rights movements; Political participation
Description: This book explores a range of issues that have inspired protest around the world, and the types of protests that serious activists and ordinary people alike have used to effect change. It details both historic and contemporary events, some well-known, and others less familiar to students, providing a brief historical, social, and political overview of the issue or movement and several specific protest events associated with it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

This resource is available only to current faculty, staff and students of Columbia University and its affiliates.
Table of contents: title: v. 1, ch. 1. Animal rights ; ch. 2. Civil rights, African American ; ch. 3. Civil rights, Hispanic and Latino ; ch. 4. Economic discontent ; ch. 5. Environment ; ch. 6. Free speech ; ch. 7. Globalization; title: v. 2, ch. 8. Gun control/gun rights ; ch. 9. Human rights ; ch. 10. Immigrant rights ; ch. 11. Independence movements ; ch. 12. Indigenous peoples' rights ; ch. 13. Labor rights ; ch. 14. LGBTQ rights; title: v. 3, ch. 15. Political/government uprisings ; ch. 16. Racial conflict ; ch. 17. Reproductive rights ; ch. 18. Resistance to Nazis ; ch. 19. Slavery ; ch. 20. War ; ch. 21. Women's rights.