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The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen » (Second Edition)

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Authors: Paul Gordon Lauren
ISBN-13: 9780812218541, ISBN-10: 081221854X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: Second Edition

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Author Biography: Paul Gordon Lauren

Paul Gordon Lauren is Regents Professor at the University of Montana. He is the author of a number of books, including Power and Prejudice. He has lectured widely and delivered invited addresses, at the Smithsonian Institution and the United Nations, on the subject of human rights.

Book Synopsis

"It is difficult to imagine a finer gift on the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights than this study of the Declaration's complex and far-reaching impact."—American Historical Review

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Visions and Visionaries1
1My Brother's and Sister's Keeper: Vision and the Birth of Human Rights4
2To Protect Humanity and Defend Justice: Early International Efforts37
3Entering the Twentieth Century: World Visions, War, and Revolutions71
4Opportunities and Challenges: Visions and Rights Between the Wars103
5A "People's War": The Crusade of World War II135
6A "People's Peace": Peace and a Charter with Human Rights166
7Proclaiming a Vision: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights199
8Transforming Visions into Reality: The First Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration233
9The Continuing Evolution271
10Toward the Future282
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights305
Notes311
Selected Bibliography359
Index373
About the Author399

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