A Little Rebellion Now & Then
Author | : William James Association |
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Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Broadsides |
ISBN | : 9780893393007 |
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Author | : William James Association |
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Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Broadsides |
ISBN | : 9780893393007 |
Author | : Alan M. Hallene Jr. |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2018-04-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1984513311 |
This fictional Christian book centers on the interesting treatise Mr. Jefferson wrote to his good friend James Madison in the early days of our new, independent republic on the good qualities a responsive-to-the-people government should have.
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Archiving Early America presents the full text of a January 30th, 1787 letter from future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to future U.S. President James Madison (1751-1836). Among other matters, Jefferson expresses justification for Shay's rebellion. Jefferson believed that the people had the right to express their grievances against the government.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
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Author | : Chris Hedges |
Publisher | : Bold Type Books |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2015-05-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1568584903 |
Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges -- who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society in terminal moral decline in his books Empire of Illusion and Death of the Liberal Class -- investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. Drawing on an ambitious overview of prominent philosophers, historians, and literary figures he shows not only the harbingers of a coming crisis but also the nascent seeds of rebellion. Hedges' message is clear: popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization. Focusing on the stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history, Hedges investigates what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Utilizing the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Hedges describes the motivation that guides the actions of rebels as "sublime madness" -- the state of passion that causes the rebel to engage in an unavailing fight against overwhelmingly powerful and oppressive forces. For Hedges, resistance is carried out not for its success, but as a moral imperative that affirms life. Those who rise up against the odds will be those endowed with this "sublime madness." From South African activists who dedicated their lives to ending apartheid, to contemporary anti-fracking protests in Alberta, Canada, to whistleblowers in pursuit of transparency, Wages of Rebellion shows the cost of a life committed to speaking the truth and demanding justice. Hedges has penned an indispensable guide to rebellion.
Author | : Jack A. Goldstone |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 1991-04-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520913752 |
What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resources. Moreover, he contends that the causes of the great revolutions of Europe—the English and French revolutions—were similar to those of the great rebellions of Asia, which shattered dynasties in Ottoman Turkey, China, and Japan. The author observes that revolutions and rebellions have more often produced a crushing state orthodoxy than liberal institutions, leading to the conclusion that perhaps it is vain to expect revolution to bring democracy and economic progress. Instead, contends Goldstone, the path to these goals must begin with respect for individual liberty rather than authoritarian movements of 'national liberation.' Arguing that the threat of revolution is still with us, Goldstone urges us to heed the lessons of the past. He sees in the United States a repetition of the behavior patterns that have led to internal decay and international decline in the past, a situation calling for new leadership and careful attention to the balance between our consumption and our resources. Meticulously researched, forcefully argued, and strikingly original, Revolutions and Rebellions in the Early Modern World is a tour de force by a brilliant young scholar. It is a book that will surely engender much discussion and debate.
Author | : Thomas P. Slaughter |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195051919 |
This book assesses the rebellion in relation to interregional tensions, international diplomacy, frontier expansion, republican ideology and the social and political conflict of the l780s -1790s.
Author | : United States. Forest Service. Eastern Region |
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
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Author | : David P. Szatmary |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : History |
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Shays' Rebellion is often dismissed in the history books as an isolated incident following the American Revolution. Sometimes, it's grudingly given credit for spurring the Constitution Convention. In this well-balanced book, David P. Szatmary devotes the time and study necessary to classify Shays' Rebellion as the historical watershed it truly is. Shays' Rebellion signified more than economically depressed New England farmers waging war on creditors; it marked the beginning of the end of the American subsistence farmer. This change in an accepted way of life was at least as painful as the birth of the new United States. Szatmary chronicles how international influences forced a change in how merchants, farmers and artisans interacted, and how the initial changes brought friction. The rebellion resulting from this friction in turn revealed how ineffective the Articles of Confederation were in dealing with a crisis that could destroy the country. Szatmary links the state's governments weakness to the Constitution by using newspaper and editorial accounts of the day to provide a well-rounded view of an overlooked milestone.
Author | : Dustin Gish |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2017-04-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1107157366 |
This analysis of Thomas Jefferson's only published work demonstrates the political aspirations behind its composition, publication and dissemination.