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The human rights reader : major political writings, essays, speeches, and documents from the Bible to the present / edited by Micheline R. Ishay.
LIBRA JC571 .H7699 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights--History--Sources.
- Human rights.
- History.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xl, 518 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 1997.
- Summary:
- In every age there have been voices speaking out against oppression. Today, from the International Women's Conference to Amnesty International, global interest in human rights is strong and growing. "The Human Rights Reader" explores the changing concept and practice of human rights through the writings of religious humanists, classical and modern thinkers, and political speeches.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415918480
- 0415918499
- OCLC:
- 37238996
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