The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief History with Documents

Exploring the issue of rights and citizenship, Revolutionary France, French Revolution and Human Rights uses original translations and commentary of both debates and legislation that led to the French development of the modern concept of human rights.

Author: Lynn Hunt
Publisher: Bedford Books
Published: 04/29/2016
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781319049034
ISBN10: 1319049036
BISAC Categories:
- History | World | General

About the Author

Lynn Hunt (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Distinguished Research Professor at University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author or editor of nineteen books on human rights, the French Revolution, and historical methods more generally. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages. She was President of the American Historical Association in 2002 and has been awarded distinguished teaching awards by University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, and the American Historical Association.