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FYS 440 - Roots of Nonviolence: Resources

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Reserves for FYS 440
Besides readings for the course, be sure to use these selected texts' bibliographies to further your own research.

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IMPORTANT GENERAL SOURCE for literature and literary biographies.

Oxford Bibliographies
Better than Wikipedia for recommended sources from experts. You can search by the full name in quotes, e.g., "mahatma gandhi"

The Cambridge Companion to Henry David Thoreau
You can do a search within the ebook, e.g., "nonviolence"
also have in print - PS 3054.C36 1995
A Political Companion to Henry David Thoreau
ONLY in print and on RESERVE - PS 3054 .P65 2009
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
Location: Print only - PS3040 .F82, 10 vols
The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi
Also in print - DS 481 .G3 C36 2011

COLLECTED WORKS OF MAHATAMA GANDHI
Print only - DS481.G3 A13, 10 vols

Confluence of Thought: Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Online and in print at Colby
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Encyclopedia
ONLY print - Reference E185.97.K5 M334 2008

KING PAPERS PROJECT
Great site from Stanford including his paper and more.

A Testament of Hope : the essential writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Location: E185.97.K5 A25 1986

Music and Arts Librarian

Christopher Schiff

Contact:

Ladd Library 134
(207) 786-6274
cschiff@bates.edu

I am usually at the Research Desk Wed. 1-4, Thurs. 6-9, and Fri. 10-1

Subjects: Africana, American Studies, Dance, Film Studies, Languages and Literatures, Latin, Music, Rhetoric, Theater