| Description |
xvi, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The first human rights campaigns -- Campaigners and strategies in the late eighteenth century -- Nineteenth century antislavery : "Power concedes nothing without a demand" -- The age of mass movements and the "Martyrs of Chicago" -- The world of the 1890s : lynching, genocide, injustice -- Sacco and Vanzetti : agony or triumph? -- The Scottsboro "boys" : "a tangled, ugly case" -- The Rosenbergs : sacrificing the scapegoats -- Amnesty International : myth and reality -- Human rights campaigning since 1961. |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human rights workers -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Quixote Center.
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| ISBN |
097141520X |
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