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The Human Rights Revolution - An International History (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R3,415
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The Human Rights Revolution - An International History (Hardcover, New): Akira Iriye, Petra Goedde, William I. Hitchcock

The Human Rights Revolution - An International History (Hardcover, New)

Akira Iriye, Petra Goedde, William I. Hitchcock

Series: Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change over Time

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The third volume for the OUP/National History Center series, Reinterpreting History, this book offers a critical look at the political movement encompassed by human rights, a term rarely used before the 1940s. An agenda for human rights, with particular attention to international justice in the wake of crimes against humanity, women's rights, indigenous rights, the right to health care, all developed in the second half of the 20th century. Drawing on the work of legal scholars, political scientists, journalists, activists, and historians, human rights as a field of research has been characterized by analysis of natural rights, study of key documents like the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, discussion of activism and NGOs, and analysis of rhetoric. This volume will take a case study approach that will shed light on different perspectives, methodologies, and conceptualizations for the study of human rights history. The contributors to this volume look at the wave of human rights legislation emerging out of World War II, including the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the Nuremberg trial, and the Geneva Conventions, and the flowering of human rights activity in the 1970s and beyond, including anti-torture campaigns and Amnesty International, Indonesia and East Timor, international scientists and human rights, and female genital mutilation. The book concludes with a look at the UN Declaration at its 60th anniversary. Together the group of renowned senior and junior scholars create a volume that can introduce students from a range of disciplines to this topic, as well as offer new perspectives for scholars.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change over Time
Release date: February 2012
First published: 2012
Editors: Akira Iriye (Professor of History Emeritus) • Petra Goedde (Associate Professor of History) • William I. Hitchcock (Professor of History)
Dimensions: 235 x 162 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533313-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN: 0-19-533313-6
Barcode: 9780195333138

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