False Tree of Liberty C

by Susan Marks

Book Overview

This book is concerned with the history of the idea of human rights. It offers a fresh approach that puts aside familiar questions such as 'Where do human rights come from?' and 'When did human rights begin?' for the sake of looking into connections between debates about the rights of man and developments within the history of capitalism. The focus is on England, where, at the end of the eighteenth century, a heated controversy over the rights of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199675457
• ISBN13: 9780199675456
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"