Description
Book SynopsisThrough vivid histories drawn from virtually every continent, Weitz describes how, since the 18th 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.
Trade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers"
"Engaging mounting scholarship on the history of human rights,
A World Divided approaches the topic by focusing on nation-states as central to understanding human rights. . . . [Weitz’s] book provides a useful entryway to understanding human rights struggles for undergraduates and the general public." * Choice *
"[A] wide-ranging and important book is about the global struggle for human rights."
---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"An impressive tale with a wide-ranging reflection on the entanglement of two forces that have profoundly shaped the history of the past two hundred and fifty years: the nation-state and human rights."
---Jan Eckel, H-Diplo
