Nonviolence : (Record no. 10339)
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| fixed length control field | 02280nam a2200229 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ASIN0679643354 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20110910062255.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 110910s2006 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0679643354 (hardcover) |
| Terms of availability | $21.95 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780679643357 (hardcover) |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.61 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kurlansky, Mark. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Nonviolence : |
| Remainder of title | 25 lessons from the history of a dangerous idea / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Mark Kurlansky, Dalai Lama. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First Edition ed. |
| 250 ew - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Nyork : |
| Remainder of edition statement | Modern Library, |
| -- | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 224 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Modern library chronicles. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice and ending wars, he asserts, which is why it is the preferred method of those who speak truth to power. Nonviolence is a sweeping yet concise history that moves from ancient Hindu times to present-day conflicts raging in the Middle East and elsewhere. Kurlansky also brings into focus just why nonviolence is a “dangerous” idea, and asks such provocative questions as: Is there such a thing as a “just war”? Could nonviolence have worked against even the most evil regimes in history? Kurlansky draws from history twenty-five provocative lessons on the subject that we can use to effect change today. He shows how, time and again, violence is used to suppress nonviolence and its practitioners–Gandhi and Martin Luther King, for example; that the stated deterrence value of standing national armies and huge weapons arsenals is, at best, negligible; and, encouragingly, that much of the hard work necessary to begin a movement to end war is already complete. It simply needs to be embraced and accelerated. Engaging, scholarly, and brilliantly reasoned, Nonviolence is a work that compels readers to look at history in an entirely new way. This is not just a manifesto for our times but a trailblazing book whose time has come. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lama, Dalai. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Modern library chronicles. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679643354/chopaconline-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679643354/chopaconline-20</a> |
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