The Human Rights Revolution An International History

"One of the very best introductions to the history of human rights in the modern world for both undergraduate and graduate students. The essays, by a wide range of scholars, represent some of the best work in the field and nicely survey the range of what we think we know about human rights, a quite new field of historical study...The contributions are well edited and cohere as a volume in a manner that few collections of conference papers do. Highly recommended." --CHOICE"The Human Rights Revolution is an excellent volume that strongly advances an emerging field of historical research. Together, the individual chapters illuminate a wide range of topics. They provide an engaged, critical perspective on the most important issue of our time." --Eric D. Weitz, University of Minnesota "By their very nature as universal claims, human rights demand an international history. With this path-breaking and highly readable volume, that history takes a quantum leap forward." --Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania