Details the history of the nonviolent resistance movement begun by Mohandas Gandhi and reveals how he and his followers used this technique to oust the British Empire from India. Examines how Gandhi's nonviolent legacy is used by current groups to promote social and political change around the world and highlights a variety of major events in which passive resistance has been used.
year: 2009, 2018
call number/section: 1000, 303.6, 303.61
subjects: passive resistance, nonviolence, juvenile literature, juvenile nonfiction / biography & autobiography / social activists, juvenile nonfiction / social science / politics & government, juvenile nonfiction / history / modern
Editions
O'Brien, Anne Sibley
Charlesbridge (2009)
Details the history of the nonviolent resistance movement begun by Mohandas Gandhi and reveals how he and his followers used this technique to oust the British Empire from India. Examines how Gandhi's nonviolent legacy is used by current groups to promote social and political change around the world and highlights a variety of major events in which passive resistance has been used.
Schools: 10
O'Brien, Anne Sibley
Charlesbridge (2018)
Profiles fifteen activists and groups who were inspired by the life and work of Mohandas Gandhi to use nonviolent protest as a means of bringing about social change.
Schools: 2