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Democracy: A World History (New Oxford World History)
Temma Kaplan
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Description for Democracy: A World History (New Oxford World History)
Paperback. Focusing on local movements to achieve equal distribution of social, economic, and political rights and natural resources, Democracy examines how ordinary and extraordinary men and women of different cultural and religious backgrounds have formed and attempted to sustain institutions that would permit them to live together in equality and peace. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
At a moment when the term "Democracy " is evoked to express inchoate aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that may or may not benefit more than a select minority of the population, this book examines attempts from ancient Mesopotemia to the democratic movements of the early twenty-first century to sustain and improve their own lives and those of outsiders who have migrated into territory they regard as their own. Democratic activists have formed organizations to regulate the distribution of water, to restore the environment, and to assure that they and their children will have a ... Read more
At a moment when the term "Democracy " is evoked to express inchoate aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that may or may not benefit more than a select minority of the population, this book examines attempts from ancient Mesopotemia to the democratic movements of the early twenty-first century to sustain and improve their own lives and those of outsiders who have migrated into territory they regard as their own. Democratic activists have formed organizations to regulate the distribution of water, to restore the environment, and to assure that they and their children will have a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
New Oxford World History
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195338089
SKU
V9780195338089
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99-49
About Temma Kaplan
Temma Kaplan is Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. A longtime teacher, scholar, and activist in pursuit of social justice, she has brought all thse commitments to bear in her studies of the Spanish anarchsits, picasso in barcelona, women's struggles to fight environmental and political racism in from South Africa to North Carolina, and in the worldwide attempts of ... Read more
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