The human rights reader

The human rights reader major political essays, speeches, and documents from ancient times to the present / [electronic resource] : edited by Micheline R. Ishay. - 2nd ed. - New York ; London : Routledge, c2007. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 559 p.)

Title from e-book t.p. screen (viewed Apr. 28, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presents selections, including pieces on globalization and the war on terrorism. Each part of this reader corresponds to five historical phases in the history of human rights and explores for each the arguments, debates, and issues of inclusiveness central to those eras.

9780203941003 (electronic bk.) 0203941004 (electronic bk.)


Human rights--History--Sources.

JC 571

323.09