| Description |
xvii, 262 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-249) and index. |
| Contents |
Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance -- Vaclav Havel and the power of the powerless -- Aung San Suu Kyi, martyr for democracy -- Margaret Sanger and the liberation of women -- Muslim feminists -- Jack Greenberg and the NAACP-Legal Defense Fund -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for racial equality -- Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman and the fight against apartheid -- Nelson Mandela : grace in victory -- Holocaust rescuers -- Pope John XXIII and Catholic humanism -- Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and human rights in Europe -- Liu Binyan : the quest for truth and justice in China -- Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the welfare state -- Muhammad Yunus, microfinance, and an end to poverty. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Political activists -- Biography.
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Civil rights workers -- Biography.
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Human rights workers -- Biography.
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Pacifists -- Biography.
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Religious leaders -- Biography.
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History, Modern -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780742567016 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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074256701X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780742567030 (electronic bk.) |
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0742567036 (electronic bk.) |
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