A global history of human rights in a world of nations that grant rights to some while denying them to others
Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into some 200 independent countries that proclaim human rightsa 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 todays 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.
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"Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers"
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Empires And Rulers The Eighteenth Century And Beyond |
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Chapter 2 Greece Leaving The Empire |
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Chapter 3 America Indian Removals In The North Country |
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Chapter 4 Brazil Slavery And Emancipation |
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Chapter 5 Armenians And Jews The Creation Of Minorities |
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Chapter 6 Namibia The Rights Of Whites |
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Chapter 7 Korea Colonial Legacies And Human Rights In A Divided Country |
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Chapter 8 The Soviet Union Communism And The Birth Of The Modern Human Rights Movement |
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Chapter 9 Palestine And Israel Trauma And Triumph |
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Chapter 10 Rwanda And Burundi Decolonization And The Power Of Race |
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| Conclusion: Nation-States and Human Rights The Twenty-First Century and Beyond |
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| Notes |
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| Bibliography of Primary Sources |
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| Index |
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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 and Tragedy, which was named a New York Times Book Review Editors Choice; A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation; and Creating German Communism, 18901990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State (all Princeton).
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