The history of human rights : from ancient times to the globalization era / Micheline R. Ishay.

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2004.

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Human rights -- History.

1. Early ethical contributions to human rights

2. Human rights and the enlightenment: the development of a liberal and secular perspective on human rights

3. Human rights and the industrial age: the development of a socialist perspective on human rights

4. The world wars: the institutionalization of international rights and the right to self-determination

5. Globalization and its impact on human rights

6. Promoting human rights in the twenty-first century: the changing arena of struggle.

Includes index.

0520234979

ix, 450 p.