Inventing human rights: a history

by Hunt, Lynn Avery

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Full title :Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008
Edition:Paperback ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):W.W. Norton & Co
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008

Notes

Hardback first publ., 2007

The Physical Object

Description:272 s. : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

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ISBN:9780393060959, 0393060950, 9780393331998, 0393331997
oclc:ocn770857733
LC Classification:JC585
Dewey Decimal:323.09

"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run

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