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A World Divided
The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-StatesBy Eric D. WeitzNarrated by Robert SladeLength17h 36m
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This audiobook narrated by Robert Slade provides a compelling global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to others
Once 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 a crucial 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 women, American Indians, and black slaves.
A World Divided also explains the origins of many of today's crises, from the existence of more than 65 million refugees and migrants worldwide 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.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Politics and Government
Length17 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byRobert Slade
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 24, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Anno, Introduction
7Chapter 6 - Namibia: The Rights of Whites
2Chapter 1 - Empires and Rulers: The Eighteenth Century and Beyond
8Chapter 7 - Korea: Colonial Legacies and Human Rights in a Divided Country
3Chapter 2 - Greece: Leaving the Empire
9Chapter 8 - The Soviet Union: Communism and the Birth of the Modern Human Rights Movement
4Chapter 3 - America: Indian Removals in the North Country
10Chapter 9 - Palestine and Israel: Trauma and Triumph
5Chapter 4 - Brazil: Slavery and Emancipation
11Chapter 10 - Rwanda and Burundi: The Twenty-First Century and Beyond
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6Chapter 5 - Armenians and Jews, The Creation of Minorities
12Conclusion - Nation-States and Human Rights: The Twenty-First Century and Beyond, Closing Anno
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