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100	1		_aSean Scalmer
245	1	0	_aGandhi in the West : _bThe Mahatma and the Rise of Radical Protest / _cSean Scalmer
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge University Press _c2011
300			_a248 _c24 cm.
500			_aThe 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.
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"--
650		0	_aNonviolence
650		0	_aNonviolence
650		0	_aProtest movements
650		0	_aProtest movements
650		0	_aAntinuclear movement
650		0	_aAfrican Americans
650		0	_aCivil rights movements
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
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