Human rights in world history
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Human rights in world history
(Themes in world history)
Routledge, 2023
2nd ed
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First edition published by Routledge 2012"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Provides a broader, more global perspective compared to other volumes which focus more narrowly on a Western-centric viewpoint and examined in post-war isolation.
Fully updated volume featuring new material on recent historical and interdisciplinary debates, developments between the world wars, causation, regions such as Africa, and the mix of setbacks and rights expansion during the past fifteen years.
Written by a highly-respected author with notable track record, it provides social and political perspectives with a cross-disciplinary appeal.
Table of Contents
1. Human rights and the contemporary world 2. Challenges in framing human rights history 3. Regional traditions before human rights 4. The push for new rights 5. Human rights on a world stage: a troubled 19th century 6. Human rights between the world wars 7. The global expansion of human rights: surges of growth since 1945 8. Resistance and response: more globalization, or less 9. Conclusion: revisiting major issues
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