Civil Disobedience [electronic resource] : Resistance to Civil Government
Thoreau, Henry David
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Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slavery and the Mexican-American war. He believed that people could not be made agents of injustice if they were governed by their own consciences.
Main title:
Civil Disobedience [electronic resource] : Resistance to Civil Government / Henry David Thoreau
Author:
Thoreau, Henry David, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Duke Classics, [date of publication not identified]
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 9-12
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781620116463
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1044125
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