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The British Empire, International Government, and Human Rights
Author(s) -
Grant Kevin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/hic3.12069
Subject(s) - empire , human rights , government (linguistics) , cold war , british empire , order (exchange) , political science , first world war , law , history , economic history , ancient history , philosophy , business , politics , linguistics , finance
This essay examines recent publications in several historical fields to articulate the relationships between the British Empire, international government, and human rights from British conceptions of imperial world order in the late nineteenth century to the end of empire in the Cold War.