Two Cultures of Rights: The Quest for Inclusion and Participation in Modern America and Germany

Book Overview

This book addresses key issues in the historical struggle for civil rights, political rights, and social rights in the United States and Germany from the late nineteenth century to the present. The essays address issues such as the struggle for the rights of women and minorities (including African Americans, Jews, and Asians), National Socialism and the dismantling of civil rights, and the emergence of the concept of social rights. What becomes clear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521792665
• ISBN13: 9780521792660
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"