Great Events from History: Human Rights

Publisher Salem Press

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2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Salem Press

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2

Copyright

2019

ISBN13

9781642652925

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This updated reference work originally published in 1992 includes significant updates and a number of new articles that address human rights issues over the past 30 years. This 4-volume work traces the path of civil liberties and natural rights through history, from ancient codes to modern movements, through pivotal events that have directly affected people and their freedoms. It documents the progression, regression, and overall history of human rights through pivotal events. Modern milestones chronicled include: 2001: The U.S. Launches a War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan in Response to 9/11; 2004: The First Same-Sex Marriage is Performed in Massachusetts; 2006: The Global Internet Consortium is Founded; 2006: WikiLeaks Gives Whistleblowers a New Platform; 2014: ISIS Comes to Power in Iraq and Syria; 2015: China Revokes One-Child Policy; 2017: Gay Chechens are Purged; 2018: Peace Talks Begin on the Korean Peninsula; and 2018: Separating Immigrant Families at the Border.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Publisher’s Note.
Editor’s Introduction.
Complete Table of Contents.
Contributors.
1: The Boxer Rebellion Fails to Remove Foreign Control in China.
2: The Philippines Ends Its Uprising Against the United States.
3: Reformers Expose Atrocities Against Congolese Laborers.
4: The Pankhursts Found the Women’s Social and Political Union.
5: Panama Declares Independence from Colombia.
6: International Agreement Attacks the White Slave Trade.
7: Supreme Court Disallows a Maximum Hours Law for Bakers.
8: Black Leaders Call for Equal Rights at the Niagara Falls Conference.
9: Upton Sinclair Publishes The Jungle.
10: The Iranian Constitution Bars Non-Muslims from Cabinet Positions.
11: The British Labour Party Is Formed.
12: The Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act Become Law.
13: Finland Grants Woman Suffrage.
14: The Bern Conference Prohibits Night Work for Women.
15: Japan Protests Segregation of Japanese in California Schools.
16: The Muslim League Attempts to Protect Minority Interests in India.
17: Legal Norms of Behavior in Warfare Formulated by the Hague Conference.
18: The Young Turk Movement Stages a Constitutional Coup in Turkey.
19: The Belgian Government Annexes the Congo.
20: Students Challenge Corporal Punishment in British Schools.
21: Sun Yat-Sen Overthrows the Ch’ing Dynasty.
22: Intellectuals Form the Society of American Indians.
23: Massachusetts Adopts the First Minimum-Wage Law in the United States.
24: The Children’s Bureau Is Founded.
25: U.S. Marines Are Sent to Nicaragua to Quell Unrest.
26: Ford Offers a Five-Dollar, Eight-Hour Workday.
27: Armenians Suffer Genocide During World War I.
28: The Defense of India Act Impedes the Freedom Struggle.
29: Germany First Uses Lethal Chemical Weapons on the Western Front.
30: Women’s Institutes Are Founded in Great Britain.
31: Brandeis Becomes the First Jewish Mem
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