Democracy : a world history / Temma Kaplan.
Democracy : a world history / Temma Kaplan.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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G 2015/4481
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English
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Physical content
viii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Editor's preface -- Introduction -- Parting the waters and organizing the people -- Prophetic movements and cities of promise -- Democracy against all odds -- Which people shall rule? -- Social revolution and participatory -- Civil disobedience and racial justice -- Optimism and outrage in struggles...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Overview: In our time, the term "democracy" is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient Mesopotamia to the early twenty first century to create democratic gov...
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Democracy : a world history / Temma Kaplan.
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New Oxford World History.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/4481
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74VKRbberoMg
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ISBN
0195176766
9780195338089
0195338081
9780195176766
DDC
321.8
MMS ID
991023248339702626
