| The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author), Glick, Wendell (Editor), Zinn, Howard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0691118760 ISBN-13: 9780691118765 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 Annotation: These thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Thoreau represent every stage in his 22 years of active writing and serve as a microcosm of his literary career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 814.3 |
| LCCN: 2004100971 |
| Series: Princeton Classic Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.1" W x 8.12" (0.53 lbs) 209 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Henry D. Thoreau represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. This edition, introduced by writer and historian Howard Zinn, is a microcosm of Thoreau's literary career. It allows the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. Most famous of these essays is Resistance to Civil Government, better known as Civil Disobedience. Still a standard text in American high schools, it has long inspired nonviolent protest around the world. It influenced those who opposed apartheid in South Africa and motivated international anti-war demonstrators during 1960s and 1970s. Civil Disobedience will surely continue to influence generations of readers for years to come. |