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almahu_9949546486002882
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1 online resource :
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24 b/w illustrations
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9781479811250
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9783110993899
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A biography of a remarkable figure, whose politics prefigured today's social justice, ecology, and gender equality movements Ammon Hennacy was arrested over thirty times for opposing US entry in World War 1. Later, when he refused to pay taxes that support war, he lost his wife and daughters, and then his job. For protesting the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he was hounded by the IRS and driven to migrant labor in the fields of the West. He had a romance with Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker, who called him a "prophet and a peasant." He helped the homeless on the Bowery, founded the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City, and protested the US development of nuclear missiles, becoming in the process one of the most celebrated anarchists of the twentieth century. To our era, when so much "protest" happens on social media, his actual sacrifices seem unworldly. Ammon Hennacy was a forerunner of contemporary progressive thought, and he remains a beacon for challenges that confront the world and especially the US today. In this exceptional biography, William Marling tells the story of this fascinating figure, who remains particularly important for the Catholic Left. In addition to establishing Hennacy as an exemplar of vegetarianism, ecology, and pacificism, Marling illuminates a broader history of political ideas now largely lost: the late nineteenth-century utopian movements, the grassroots socialist movements before World War I, and the antinuclear protests of the 1960s. A nuanced study of when religion and anarchist theory overlap, Christian Anarchist shows how Hennacy's life at the heart of radical libertarian and anarchist interventions in American politics not only galvanized the public then, but offers us new insight for today.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Illustrations --
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Introduction --
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1. Early Life --
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2. Prison --
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3. New York City and the Big Hike --
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4. Bisanakee and Milwaukee --
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5. Life at Hard Labor --
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6. Becoming "Ammon Hennacy" --
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7. The New York Years --
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8. In the Land of the Mormons --
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Conclusion --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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About the Author
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110994544
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EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994537
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New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110751628
Language:
English
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9781479811250.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479811250.001.0001
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479811250
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