Literature

The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform

    Edited by
  • Wendell Glick
    Introduction by
  • Howard Zinn

Paperback

Price:
$19.95/£16.99
ISBN:
Published:
Jun 13, 2004
2004
Pages:
240
Size:
5 x 8 in.
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These thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Henry D. Thoreau represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. This edition, introduced by writer and historian Howard Zinn, is a microcosm of Thoreau’s literary career. It allows the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau’s evolution as a writer and thinker. Most famous of these essays is “Resistance to Civil Government,” better known as “Civil Disobedience.” Still a standard text in American high schools, it has long inspired nonviolent protest around the world. It influenced those who opposed apartheid in South Africa and motivated international anti-war demonstrators during 1960s and 1970s. “Civil Disobedience” will surely continue to influence generations of readers for years to come.