Bringing human rights home : a history of human rights in the United States / edited by Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, and Martha F. Davis.
2009
KF4749 .B757 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Bringing human rights home : a history of human rights in the United States / edited by Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, and Martha F. Davis.
Edition
Abridged ed.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
xi, 411 pages ; 23 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface / Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, and Martha F. Davis
Part I. A History of Human Rights in the United States :
1. A human rights lens on U.S. history : human rights at home and human rights abroad / Paul Gordon Lauren
2. FDR's four freedoms and wartime transformations in America's discourse of rights / Elizabeth Borgwardt
3. A "hollow mockery" : African Americans, white supremacy, and the development of human rights in the United States / Carol Anderson
4. "New" human rights? : U.S. ambivalence toward the international economic and social rights framework / Hope Lewis
Part II. From Civil Rights to Human Rights :
5. Against American supremacy : rebuilding human rights culture in the United States / Dorothy Q. Thomas
6. Economic and social rights in the United States : six rights, one promise / Catherine Albisa
7. Human rights and the transformation of the "civil rights" and "civil liberties" lawyer / Cynthia Soohoo
8. "Going global" : appeals to international and regional human rights bodies / Margaret Huang
9. Thinking globally, acting locally : states, municipalities, and international human rights / Martha F. Davis
10. The impact of September 11 and the struggle against terrorism on the U.S. domestic human rights movement / Wendy Patten
11. Bush administration noncompliance with the prohibition on torture and cruel and degrading treatment / Kathryn Sikkink
12. Trade unions and human rights / Lance Compa.
Part I. A History of Human Rights in the United States :
1. A human rights lens on U.S. history : human rights at home and human rights abroad / Paul Gordon Lauren
2. FDR's four freedoms and wartime transformations in America's discourse of rights / Elizabeth Borgwardt
3. A "hollow mockery" : African Americans, white supremacy, and the development of human rights in the United States / Carol Anderson
4. "New" human rights? : U.S. ambivalence toward the international economic and social rights framework / Hope Lewis
Part II. From Civil Rights to Human Rights :
5. Against American supremacy : rebuilding human rights culture in the United States / Dorothy Q. Thomas
6. Economic and social rights in the United States : six rights, one promise / Catherine Albisa
7. Human rights and the transformation of the "civil rights" and "civil liberties" lawyer / Cynthia Soohoo
8. "Going global" : appeals to international and regional human rights bodies / Margaret Huang
9. Thinking globally, acting locally : states, municipalities, and international human rights / Martha F. Davis
10. The impact of September 11 and the struggle against terrorism on the U.S. domestic human rights movement / Wendy Patten
11. Bush administration noncompliance with the prohibition on torture and cruel and degrading treatment / Kathryn Sikkink
12. Trade unions and human rights / Lance Compa.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF4749 .B757 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780812220797 alkaline paper
081222079X alkaline paper
081222079X alkaline paper
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