Recovering Nonviolent History: Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles
Maciej J. Bartkowski, editor | | ISBN: 978-1-58826-870-9 $67.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-58826-895-2 $26.50 |
| 2013/436 pages/LC: 2012037146 |
DESCRIPTION
This unique book brings to light the little-known, but powerful roles that civil resistance has played in national liberation struggles throughout history.
Ranging from the American Revolution to Kosovo in the 1990s, from Egypt under colonial rule to present-day West Papua and Palestine, the authors of Recovering Nonviolent History consider several key questions: What kinds of civilian-based nonviolent strategy and tactics have been used in liberation struggles? What accounts for their successes and failures? Not least, how did nonviolent resistance influence national identities and socioeconomic and political institutions both prior to and after liberation, and why has this history been so often ignored? The story that emerges is a compelling one of the agency of thousands and even millions of ordinary people as they used nonviolent force in the course of struggles against foreign subjugation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Maciej J. Bartkowski is senior director for research and education at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
For a more in-depth look at the content covered in
Recovering Nonviolent History, please visit the author’s website:
http://www.recoveringnonviolenthistory.org/ .
CONTENTS
- Recovering Nonviolent History—M.J. Bartkowski.
- Identity Formation in Nonviolent Struggles—L.A. Smithey.
- NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
- Ghana: Nonviolent Resistance in the Independence Movement, 1890s–1950s—G. Presbey.
- Zambia: Nonviolent Strategies Against Colonialism, 1900s–1960s—J.C. Momba and F. Gadsden.
- Mozambique: Liberation Myths and Resistance Strategies, 1920s–1970s—M. Meyer.
- NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
- Algeria: Nonviolent Resistance Against French Colonialism, 1830s–1950s—M. Rahal.
- Egypt: Nonviolent Resistance in the Rise of a Nation-State, 1805–1922—A. Abdalla and Y. Arafa.
- Iran: Nonviolent Revolts, 1890–1906—N.R. Keddie.
- Palestine: Nonviolent Resistance in the Struggle for Statehood, 1920s–2012—M.E. King.
- NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN ASIA AND OCEANIA.
- Burma: Civil Resistance in the Anticolonial Struggle, 1910s–1940—Y. Moser-Puangsuwan.
- Bangladesh: Civil Resistance in the Struggle for Independence, 1948–1971—I. Hossain.
- West Papua: Civil Resistance, Framing, and Identity, 1910s–2012—J. MacLeod.
- NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN EUROPE.
- Hungary: Nonviolent Resistance Against Austria, 1850s–1860s—T. Csapody and T. Weber.
- Poland: Forging the Polish Nation Nonviolently, 1860s–1900s—M.J. Bartkowski.
- Kosovo: Civil Resistance in Defense of the Nation, 1990s—H. Clark.
- NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAS.
- The United States: Reconsidering the Struggle for Independence, 1765-1775—W.H. Conser Jr.
- Cuba: Nonviolent Strategies for Autonomy and Independence, 1810s-1902—A.W. Quiroz.
- CONCLUSION.
- Insights into the Nature of Nonviolent Liberation Struggles—M.J. Bartkowski.
- Appendix: Conflict Summaries.
"Due to this groundbreaking text, we now have greater access to the breadth [and] depth ... of the people's power."—Karen D. Crozier, International Journal on World Peace
"This very important book establishes beyond doubt the necessity of recording the history of nonviolent struggles throughout the world…. The authors' accounts of actual struggles from nearly every continent demonstrate that we have available experience with powerful ways to wage conflicts and face problems without violence."—Gene Sharp, Albert Einstein Institution
"Recovering Nonviolent History brings to the fore the role of the masses in mobilizing for their emancipation from oppression in all its guises, using peaceful, nonviolent tactics…. It makes a substantive contribution to the existing body of knowledge on resistance struggles the world over."—Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair, African Union Commission
"No single volume has ever explored the dynamics of nonviolent contention in as broad a range of contexts as Recovering Nonviolent History. It is an altogether indispensable volume."—Doug McAdam, Stanford University