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One week to change the world : an oral history of the 1999 WTO protests / DW Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, D. W. (David-William), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protest movements--Washington (State)--Seattle--History.
- Protest movements.
- World Trade Organization.
- Oral histories.
- History, Modern--20th century.
- History, Modern.
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
- Washington (State)--Seattle.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- 1 week to change the world
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2024.
- Summary:
- "One week in late 1999, more than 50,000 people converged on Seattle. Their goal: to shut down the World Trade Organization conference and send a message that working-class people would not quietly accept the runaway economic globalization that threatened their livelihoods. Though their mission succeeded, it was not without blowback. Violent confrontations between police and protestors resulted in hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in property damage. But the images of tear gas and smashed windows that flashed across TVs and newspapers were not an accurate representation of what actually happened that week."-- Provided by Amazon
- ISBN:
- 9781668033562
- 1668033569
- OCLC:
- 1442022807
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