Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-310) and index.

Introduction : love-force and total revolution : twenty-first century challenges to global nonviolence / Matt Meyer and Elavie Ndura -- Varieties of nonviolence and cultural change : world history lessons for our global present and future / Antony Adolf -- Historicizing nonviolent protest : the role of the French Revolution / Micah Alpaugh -- "I was and am" : historical counternarrative as nonviolent resistance in the United States / Jenice L. View -- Traditional indigenous North Americans, nature, and peace / Pat Lauderdale -- Nonviolent civil insurrections and pro-democracy struggles / Stephen Zunes -- Apathy, aggression, assertion, and action : managing image for nonviolent success / Tom H. Hastings -- Our actions are louder than words : gender, power, and a nonviolent movement toward peace / Supriya Baily -- From the headwaters to the grassroots : cooperative resource management as a paradigm of nonviolence / Randall Amster -- Direct education : learning the power of nonviolent action / George Lakey -- Teaching peace in higher education : the role of creativity / Laura L. Finley -- Fostering a culture of nonviolence through multicultural education / Elavie Ndura -- Bowen theory and peacemaking : human evolution through nonviolent conflict resolution / Wayne F. Regina -- Forgiveness, reconciliation, and conflict transformation / Tülin Levitas -- Toward a moral psychology of nonviolence : the Gandhian paradigm / Nancy E. Snow -- Conclusion : cultivating transformative wisdom and the power of peace to create futures of nonviolence / Elavie Ndura and Randall Amster.