Human Rights and Revolutions (Hardcover, Second Edition)

Now in a revised and updated edition with added original chapters, this acclaimed book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex links between revolutionary struggles and human rights discourses and practices. Covering events as far removed from one another in time and space as the English Civil War, the Parisian upheavals of 1789, Latin American independence struggles, and protests in late twentieth-century China, the contributors explore the paradoxes of revolutionary and human rights projects. The book convincingly shows the ways in which revolutions have both helped spur new advances in thinking about human rights and produced regimes that commit a range of abuses. Providing an unusually balanced analysis of the changes over time in conceptions of human rights in Western and non-Western contexts, this work offers a unique window into the history of the world during modern times and a fresh context for understanding today's pressing issues. Contributions by: Florence Bernault, Mark Philip Bradley, Sumit Ganguly, Greg Grandin, James N. Green, Lynn Hunt, Yanni Kotsonis, Timothy McDaniel, Kristin Ross, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Alexander Woodside, Marilyn B. Young, David Zaret, and Michael Zuckert

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Editors:	Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom • Greg Grandin • Lynn Hunt • Marilyn B. Young
Dimensions:	238 x 162 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
Edition:	Second Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-5513-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-7425-5513-5
Barcode:	9780742555136

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