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SUGGESTED READINGS ON NONVIOLENCE
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This will be updated on occasion...
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The strategy of nonviolent defense : a Gandhian approach / Robert J. Burrowes. Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996. |
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The politics of nonviolent action. With the editorial assistance of Marina Finkelstein. Boston, P. Sargent Publisher [1973] |
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Truth or dare : encounters with power, authority, and mystery / Starhawk. San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1987. UAA/APU General Collection BF1566.S773 1987 c.1 Book Available |
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Tolstoy's writings on civil disobedience and non-violence. New York : New American Library. 1968, c1967. |
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In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations With Spiritual Social Activists, by Catherine Ingram, Parallax, 1990. Includes such important figures as Cesar Chavez, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Cesar Chavez, and the Dalai Lama. |
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A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, by Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall, St. Martin's, 2000. Detailed case histories of several successful movements of nonviolent resistance, including Gandhi's Salt March, the Polish Solidarity Movement, and Danish resistance to Hitler. A companion volume to the PBS series of the same name. (A video of the series is available from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 800-257-5126, www.films.com. Be sure to request the price for individuals, not the institutional price given at their Web site, www.films.com.) |
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The Struggle for Humanity: Agents of Nonviolent Change in a Violent World, Marjorie Hope and James Young, Orbis, Maryknoll, 1977. Includes chapters on Lanza del Vasto, Movement for a New Society, Danilo Dolci, Dom Helder Camara, Vietnam's Unified Buddhist Church, Kenneth Kaunda, and Cesar Chavez. Highly recommended. |
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The Power of the People: Active Nonviolence in the United States, Robert Cooney and Helen Michalowski, Peace Press, 1987. The best available historical overview. |
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Gandhi Today: The Story of Mahatma Gandhi's Successors, Mark Shepard, Simple Productions, Seven Locks Press, 1987 (reprinted from Simple Productions, 1987). My account of a visit with today's Gandhians in India. |
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Gandhians in Contemporary India: The Vision and the Visionaries, Ishwar C. Harris, Edwin Mellen Press, 1998. Profiles of today's Gandhians, focusing on a different branch of the movement than that featured in Gandhi Today. Seriously overpriced, so find it at your library. |
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The Community of the Ark, Mark Shepard, Simple Productions, 1990. The account of my visit to a Gandhian community in France. |
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Courage in Both Hands, by Allan A. Hunter, Ballantine, 1962. Another classic collection of inspirational anecdotes. |
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America Without Violence: Why Violence Persists and How You Can Stop It, Michael N. Nagler, Island Press, 1982. An excellent introduction to principles of nonviolence. |
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The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Gene Sharp, Porter Sargent, 1973. A comprehensive review and analysis of methods and historical examples. Published in three volumes: Power and Struggle, Methods of Nonviolent Action, and Dynamics of Nonviolent Action. |
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Resource Manual for a Living Revolution, by Virginia Coover and others, New Society Press, 1977. A nonviolence training manual compiled by Movement for a New Society and used extensively in the American movement against nuclear power. Especially valuable for its treatment of team development and decision-making. |
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Handbook for Satyagrahis: A Manual for Volunteers of Total Revolution, by Narayan Desai, Gandhi Peace Foundation and Movement for a New Society, 1980. A nonviolence training manual written from a Gandhian standpoint. By a major figure in the nonviolence movement both in India and worldwide. (A Satyagrahi is a Gandhian nonviolent activist.) |
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