This study in the Themes in Right-Wing Politics and Ideology series examines the roots and developments of Right-wing politics since 1900 in a comparative perspective that stresses how ideological frameworks have been translated into political action.
In doing so, this volume captures the state of the art in a field that historians have only recently begun to explore.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
The volume stresses social and well as political history, emphasizing the roles played by all Americans--including immigrants, minorities, women, and working people--and pays special attention to such topics as religion, crime, public ...
Set against a sweeping transnational canvas, the book presents a new history of how Americans thought and acted in the twentieth-century world.
done in a number of places in this country under the immediate supervision of General L. R. Groves and the general direction ... Nevertheless , I wish you would express to the scientists assembled with you my deep appreciation of their ...
The book is structured in such a way that portions can be assigned to students, and the order of presentation is such that instructors can assign sections chronologically or thematically.
"For readers who want to understand why human rights has become the moral language of our time.
111 Christine Osborne, “Fighting for Basic Women's Rights in Iran's Male-Dominated Society”, The Australian WomenVs Weekly, 31 August 1977, 51–2. On Reid's time in Iran, see Roland Burke, “'My Work Does Not Wait for Revolutions': ...
This book uncovers how human rights gained meaning and power for Americans in the 1940s, the 1970s and today.
Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties.