Teenage Rebels provides a glimpse into the laws, policies, and political struggles that have shaped the lives of American high school students over the last one hundred years. Through dozens of case studies, Dawson Barrett recounts the strikes, marches, and picket lines of teens…
Protest has become an everyday part of modern societies, one of the few recognized outlets for voicing and discussing basic moral commitments. Protest movements shape our thinking about social change and human agency. At a time when schools, the media, and even religious institu…
In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest?from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent movements?into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements work. Jasper highlights their creativity, not only in forging new morals but in adop…
In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest - from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent antinuclear, animal-rights, and environmental movements - into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements operate. Jasper highlights their c…
Václav Havel claimed to want a quiet life dedicated to writing, but he lived exactly the opposite: as the most famous dissident via his poetry, plays, and essays in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule. This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel's beginnings as a…
Václav Havel, the scion of a notable Prague family dedicated to public service, claimed to want a quiet life devoted to writing. He lived, however, exactly the opposite. As the most famous dissident in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule, he spent many years in jail as a politic…
Václav Havel, the scion of a notable Prague family dedicated to public service, claimed to want a quiet life devoted to writing. He lived, however, exactly the opposite. As the most famous dissident in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule, he spent many years in jail as a politic…
