A World Divided
The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
1st Edition
Published on 24. September 2019
576 pages
978-0-691-18555-2 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
12 color + 34 b/w illus. 2 tables. 22 maps.
12 color + 34 b/w illus. 2 tables. 22 maps.
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978-0-691-18555-2 (9780691185552)
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Eric D. Weitz (1953-2021) 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 and Tragedy, which was named a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice; A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation; and Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State (all Princeton).
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Empires and Rulers: The Eighteenth Century and Beyond
- Chapter 2: Greece: Leaving the Empire
- Chapter 3: America: Indian Removals in the North Country
- Chapter 4: Brazil: Slavery and Emancipation
- Chapter 5: Armenians and Jews: The Creation of Minorities
- Chapter 6: Namibia: The Rights of Whites
- Chapter 7: Korea: Colonial Legacies and Human Rights in a Divided Country
- Chapter 8: The Soviet Union: Communism and the Birth of the Modern Human Rights Movement
- Chapter 9: Palestine and Israel: Trauma and Triumph
- Chapter 10: Rwanda and Burundi: Decolonization and the Power of Race
- Conclusion: Nation-States and Human Rights: The Twenty-First
- Notes
- Bibliography of Primary Sources
- Index
- Color Plates
