Civil Disobedience

essay by Henry David Thoreau
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Civil Disobedience
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Civil Disobedience

Summary

Civil Disobedience is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Civil Disobedience authored Henry David Thoreau[3].
  • Civil Disobedience's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Civil Disobedience's genre is essay[5].
  • Civil Disobedience's Commons category is recorded as On the Duty of Civil Disobedience[6].
  • Civil Disobedience's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Civil Disobedience's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Civil Disobedience was released on 1849[9].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as La Désobéissance civile[10].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as Resistance to Civil Government[11].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as 公民不服从 (梭罗)[12].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as On the Duty of Civil Disobedience[13].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as Civil Disobedience[14].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as Civil Disobedience[15].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau[16].
  • Civil Disobedience's has edition or translation is recorded as Civil Disobedience[17].
  • Civil Disobedience's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Resistance to Civil Government'}[18].
  • Civil Disobedience's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Civil Disobedience'}[19].
  • Civil Disobedience's derivative work is recorded as Büchners Bote[20].
  • Civil Disobedience's copyright status is recorded as public domain[21].
  • Civil Disobedience's copyright status is recorded as public domain[22].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 31c015ae-f68f-4371-914f-26684f8f45dc[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Civil Disobedience authored Henry David Thoreau[3].

Publication

Civil Disobedience was published on 1849[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is essay[5].

Why It Matters

Civil Disobedience ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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