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Author Kuhn, Betsy.

Title The force born of truth : Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, India, 1930 / by Betsy Kuhn.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2011]
©2011

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 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA954.03 K955    Check Shelf
Description 160 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, photographs ; 23 cm.
Series Civil rights struggles around the world
Civil rights struggles around the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This book follows Mohandas Gandhi's development of his nonviolent protest theories from his days as a young lawyer in South Africa to his later leadership in India. In a defining civil rights gesture Gandhi defied Great Britain's salt monopoly in India when he led a march to a beach and picked up a handful of salt.
Contents Young Gandhi -- Gandhi in South Africa -- Gandhi returns to India -- Setting the stage -- The Salt March -- Gandhi breaks the salt laws -- The end of the Raj -- "A message for the whole world."
Subject Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Juvenile literature.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views -- Juvenile literature.
Salt -- Political aspects -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Protest movements -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Nonviolence -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements -- Juvenile literature.
India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- Juvenile literature.
Nationalists -- India -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Statesmen -- India -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9780822589686 library binding alkaline paper
0822589680 library binding alkaline paper
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