The Age of Protest: Dissent and Rebellion in the Twentieth Century

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This 26-volume set is a wide-ranging, time- and subject-spanning examination of the phenomenon of political protest. What drives people to take to the streets, and how do their governments respond? These questions and many more are analysed in areas as varied as sixteenth-century German peasant uprisings, revolutionary Russians at the Paris Commune, women protesting nuclear weapons at Greenham Common, and the role Christianity played in protests across the ages. An impressive reference resource, this set also looks at the policing of protests and official responses to them. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Age of Protest Part One: The Emergence of Protest Introduction 1. The Feminist Crusade 2. The Irish Model 3. Mutiny in the French Army 4. The Russian Experience Part Two: Protest Against "Normalcy" Introduction 5. The General Strike in Britain 6. Jazz-Age Rebellion 7. Middle-Class Protest and the Rise of Nazism Part Three: Protest Against Capitalism and Imperialism Introduction 8. Communist Protest as a Political Movement 9. Students, Artists, and Workers: Left-Wing Protest as a Way of Life 10. Anticolonialism: Gandhi and the Indian Experience Part Four: The Era of Permanent Protest Introduction 11. Black Liberation in the United States 12. From the Beats to the New Left 13. Student Upheavals in American Universities 14. Communist Protest Against Stalinism 15. The French Crisis Epilogue: The Nature of Protest Notes Index