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100	1		_aScalmer, Sean _d1971-
245	1	0	_aGandhi in the west: _bthe Mahatma and the rise of radical protest / _cSean Scalmer
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_avi, 248p. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Meeting the Mahatma; 2. Gandhism in action; 3. At war over words; 4. Waiting for the peace train; 5. The experimenters; 6. An idea whose time has come?; 7. Transformations unforeseen; Conclusion.
520			_a"The non-violent protests of civil rights activists and anti-nuclear campaigners during the 1960s helped to redefine Western politics. But where did they come from? Sean Scalmer uncovers their history in an earlier generation's intense struggles to understand and emulate the activities of Mahatma Gandhi. He shows how Gandhi's non-violent protests were the subject of widespread discussion and debate in the USA and UK for several decades. Though at first misrepresented by Western newspapers, they were patiently described and clarified by a devoted group of cosmopolitan advocates. Small groups of Westerners experimented with Gandhian techniques in virtual anonymity and then, on the cusp of the 1960s, brought these methods to a wider audience. The swelling protests of later years increasingly abandoned the spirit of non-violence, and the central significance of Gandhi and his supporters has therefore been forgotten. This book recovers this tradition, charts its transformation, and ponders its abiding significance"--
600	1	0	_aGandhi, _cMahatma, _d1869-1948 _xInfluence.
650		0	_aNonviolence _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aNonviolence _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aProtest movements _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aProtest movements _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAntinuclear movement _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xCivil rights _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aCivil rights movements _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century _2bisacsh.
856	4	2	_3Cover image
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information
856	4	2	_3Publisher description
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only
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