Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Global Human Rights Politics
- ISBN-10
- 1108479359
- ISBN-13
- 9781108479356
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 450
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-06-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- A. Dirk Moses, Marco Duranti, Roland Burke
Description
Leading scholars demonstrate how colonial subjects, national liberation movements, and empires mobilized human rights language to contest self-determination during decolonization.
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