Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence - The Wars of Independence in Kenya and Algeria

Informationen zum Autor Fabian Klose teaches history at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz. Dona Geyer is an independent translator based in Germany. Klappentext Based on previously inaccessible material from international archives, Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence examines the relationship between emerging human rights concepts after 1945 and repressive British and French actions against anticolonial movements in Africa. Zusammenfassung Based on previously inaccessible material from international archives! Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence examines the relationship between emerging human rights concepts after 1945 and repressive British and French actions against anticolonial movements in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The New World Order, 1941-1948 Chapter 3. Contested Decolonization, 1945-1962 Chapter 4. The Legitimation of Colonial Violence Chapter 5. The Unleashing of Colonial Violence Chapter 6. The International Discourse on Human Rights as Marked by the Wars of Decolonization Chapter 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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• Authors: Fabian Klose, KLOSE FABIAN GEYER DONA TRN
• Assisted by: Dona Geyer (Translation)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780812244953
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4495-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system