Human rights in world history

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stearns, Peter N.
Language:English
Published: New York: Routledge, c2012.
Series:Themes in world history
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The contemporary dilemmas
  • 2. Human rights in premodern world history
  • 3. The new push for human rights
  • 4. Human rights on a world stage: the 19th century and the interwar decades
  • 5. Human rights and global expansion:surges of growth since 1945
  • 6. Resistance and response: more globalization, or less
  • 7. Conclusion: human rights in motion