A World Divided : : The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States / / Eric D. Weitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Weitz, Eric D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity ; 41
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.) :; 12 color + 34 b/w illus. 2 tables. 22 maps.

A global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights-a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably developed 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 drawn from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes how, since the eighteenth century, nationalists have struggled to establish their own states that grant human rights to some people. At the same time, they have excluded others through forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, or even genocide. From Greek rebels, American settlers, and Brazilian abolitionists in the nineteenth century to anticolonial Africans and Zionists in the twentieth, nationalists have confronted the question: Who has the "right to have rights?" A World Divided tells these stories in colorful accounts focusing on people who were at the center of events. And it shows that rights are dynamic. Proclaimed originally for propertied white men, rights were quickly demanded by others, including black slaves, women, and American Indians.A World Divided also explains the origins of many of today's crises, from the existence of more than 65 million refugees and migrants to the growth of right-wing nationalism. The book argues that only the continual advance of international human rights will move us beyond the quandary of a world divided between those who have rights and those who don't.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Empires and Rulers The Eighteenth Century and Beyond -- Chapter 2. Greece Leaving the Empire -- Chapter 3. America Indian Removals in the North Country -- Chapter 4. Brazil Slavery and Emancipation -- Chapter 5. Armenians and Jews The Creation of Minorities -- Chapter 6. Namibia The Rights of Whites -- Chapter 7. Korea Colonial Legacies and Human Rights in a Divided Country -- Chapter 8. The Soviet Union Communism and the Birth of the Modern Human Rights Movement -- Chapter 9. Palestine and Israel Trauma and Triumph -- Chapter 10. Rwanda and Burundi Decolonization and the Power of R ace -- Conclusion. Nation-States and Human Rights The Twenty-First Century and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index