Human Rights and the Negotiation of American Power.
Title:
Human Rights and the Negotiation of American Power.
Author:
Mitoma, Glenn.
ISBN:
9780812208030
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (237 pages)
Series:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Human Rights Hegemony in the American Century -- 1 The Study of Peace, Human Rights, and International Organization -- 2 A Pacific Charter -- 3 Carlos Romulo, Freedom of Information, and the Philippine Pattern -- 4 Charles Malik, the International Bill of Rights, and Ultimate Things -- 5 The NAACP, the ABA, and the Logic of Containment -- Conclusion: Toward Universal Human Rights -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Through careful archival research, Glenn Mitoma reveals how the U.S. government, key civil society groups, Cold War politics, and specific individuals led to America's emergence in the twentieth century as an ambivalent yet central player in establishing an international rights ethic.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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