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World Made New : Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Mary Ann Glendon (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375760466
ISBN-139780375760464
eBay Product ID (ePID)2277271
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Book TitleWorld Made New : Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Human Rights, Political
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMary Ann Glendon
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Reviews"Riveting and important...Glendon tells this story with vivid detail and narrative drive." -The Washington Post "Vividly written and evenhanded, A World Made New is an important, potentially galvanizing book, and in this frightful, ferocious time, marked by war and agony, it is urgent reading." -Blanche Wiesen Cook, Los Angeles Times "A terrific story, and Glendon tells it well....An illuminating and unexpectedly timely book." -The New Republic "The definitive account...Anybody concerned with the question of human rights in today's world will need to read it and refer to it." -The New York Times Book Review
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal323
SynopsisThe deep economic recession that has occurred in all major sectors of the U.S. and global economy is a manifestation of the underlying contradictions of the capitalist system that has resulted in the accumulation of vast fortunes on one side and impoverishment, debt, and destitution on the other. In short, the crisis of global capitalism is the result of the immense disparities in wealth and income and a consequent widening gap between capital and labor.This ground-breaking book brings together a team of experts on the contemporary global capitalist political economy who are able to shed light on the inner workings of global capitalism and the capitalist globalization process that has led to the growth and development of capitalism from the national to the global level, with all its fundamental internal dynamics and contradictions operating on a world scale. It will make an important contribution to understanding the underlying causes of the current global economic crisis and show the way out of this crisis by way of a powerful critique of the global capitalist system that will ultimately go through a major economic, political, and social transformation.Analysis of the global capitalist crisis raises questions regarding the process of capitalist globalization, especially now that neoliberal economic policies have failed. Does this signal the end of capitalist globalization and the collapse of the global capitalist system? This book will take up these questions and entertain the possibility of a new beginning in the global political economy through an analysis of the next period of post-capitalist developments worldwide that may set the stage for the rise of socialism across the globe., Unafraid to speak her mind and famously tenacious in her convictions, Eleanor Roosevelt was still mourning the death of FDR when she was asked by President Truman to lead a controversial commission, under the auspices of the newly formed United Nations, to forge the world's first international bill of rights. A World Made New is the dramatic and inspiring story of the remarkable group of men and women from around the world who participated in this historic achievement and gave us the founding document of the modern human rights movement. Spurred on by the horrors of the Second World War and working against the clock in the brief window of hope between the armistice and the Cold War, they grappled together to articulate a new vision of the rights that every man and woman in every country around the world should share, regardless of their culture or religion. A landmark work of narrative history based in part on diaries and letters to which Mary Ann Glendon, an award-winning professor of law at Harvard University, was given exclusive access, A World Made New is the first book devoted to this crucial turning point in Eleanor Roosevelt's life, and in world history. Finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
LC Classification NumberK3238.31948
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- Dec 22, 2020
Eleanor the Great
great book, worth reading.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
