| Description |
1 online resource (3 volumes (xliv, 732, xlv-cxi pages)) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Contents |
V. 1, chapter 1. Animal rights ; chapter 2. Civil rights, African American ; chapter 3. Civil rights, Hispanic and Latino ; chapter 4. Economic discontent ; chapter 5. Environment ; chapter 6. Free speech ; chapter 7. Globalization -- volume 2, chapter 8. Gun control/gun rights ; chapter 9. Human rights ; chapter 10. Immigrant rights ; chapter 11. Independence movements ; chapter 12. Indigenous peoples' rights ; chapter 13. Labor rights ; chapter 14. LGBTQ rights -- volume 3, chapter 15. Political/government uprisings ; chapter 16. Racial conflict ; chapter 17. Reproductive rights ; chapter 18. Resistance to Nazis ; chapter 19. Slavery ; chapter 20. War ; chapter 21. Women's rights |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil rights movements -- History -- Juvenile literature
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Political participation -- History -- Juvenile literature
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Protest movements -- History -- Juvenile literature
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Civil rights movements.
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Political participation.
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Protest movements.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Biscontini, Tracey Vasil, editor.
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| ISBN |
1410339092 |
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9781410339096 |
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