Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Human rights and the contemporary world -- 2 Challenges in framing human rights history -- 3 Regional traditions before human rights -- 4 The push for new rights -- 5 Human rights on a world stage: a troubled 19th century -- 6 Human rights between the world wars -- 7 The global expansion of human rights: surges of growth since 1945 -- 8 Resistance and response: more globalization, or less -- 9 Conclusion: revisiting major issues -- Index
Summary
This book takes a global historical perspective to trace the rise of human rights and their global impact from the 18th century to the present
