Democracy: A World History - Paperback
by Temma Kaplan
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Availability:In StockContributor:Temma KaplanSeries:New Oxford World HistoryPublish date:2014-12-05Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195338089ISBN-10:195338081UPC:9780195338089Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:World, Social History, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:DemocracySize:9.09 x 6.75 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCNXGBS9BM
Democracy: A World History
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 governments that allow people to secure food, shelter, land,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195338089ISBN-10:195338081UPC:9780195338089Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:World, Social History, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:DemocracySize:9.09 x 6.75 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCNXGBS9BM
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 anarchists, 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 ordinary...
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