"Civil Disobedience" Analytical Essay by Calwriter
"Civil Disobedience"
A discussion of Henry David Thoreau's political and philosophical tract,"Civil Disobedience".
# 57807
| 887 words
| 3 sources
| MLA
| 2004
| 
Published
on Apr 17, 2005
in
History
(U.S. Before 1865)
, English
(Analysis)
, Political Science
(General)
, Philosophy
(General)
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Description:
This paper explains that, to protest the American government's involvement in the Mexican War of 1846-1848, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes and was quickly thrown into prison as a result of his nonviolent act of civil disobedience. From prison, he wrote a political and philosophical tract called "Civil Disobedience" in defense of his radical actions. The paper contends that this work condemned the Mexican War as an intentional provocation on the part of the United States.
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""Civil Disobedience"" 17 April 2005.
Web. 01 October. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/analytical-essay/civil-disobedience-57807/>