Ripples of Hope: How Ordinary People Resist Repression Without Violence

In Ripples of Hope, Robert M. Press tells the stories of mothers, students, teachers, journalists, attorneys, and many others who courageously stood up for freedom and human rights against repressive rulers - and who helped bring about change through primarily nonviolent means. Global in application...

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Main Author: Press, Robert M. (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2015
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