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A World Divided
The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
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Recommended for readers interested in history, political science, and human rights studies, especially those keen to understand the historical roots of current global divisions and rights discourses.
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Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers
Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into some 200 independent countries that proclaim human rights—a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably develop together. But the reality is far more problematic, as Eric Weitz shows in this compelling global history of the fate of human rights in a world of nation-states.
Through vivid histories from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes how, since the eighteenth century, nationalists have established states that grant human rights to some people while excluding others, setting the stage for many of today's problems, from the refugee crisis to right-wing nationalism. Only the advance of international human rights will move us beyond a world divided between those who have rights and those who don't.
Series: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity
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A World Divided
Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into some 200 independent countries that proclaim human rights—a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably develop together. But the reality is far more problematic, as Eric Weitz shows in this compelling global history of the...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Killing Season
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Highly praised as a finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, this book has been recognised by the Association of American Publishers for its compelling and insightful global history.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780691205144
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 June 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 12 color + 34 b/w illus. 2 tables. 22 maps.
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 133.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 576
About the Author
Eric D. Weitz (19532021) was Distinguished Professor of History at City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He was also the author of Weimar Germany: Promise andTragedy, which was named a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice; A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation; and Creating GermanCommunism, 18901990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State (all Princeton).
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