Two Cultures of Rights :The Quest for Inclusion and Participation in Modern America and Germany ( Publications of the German Historical Institute )

Publication subTitle :The Quest for Inclusion and Participation in Modern America and Germany

Publication series :Publications of the German Historical Institute

Author: Manfred Berg;Martin H. Geyer;  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 2002

E-ISBN: 9781316898093

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521792660

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780521792660

Subject: K5 European History

Keyword: 欧洲史

Language: ENG

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The history of civil, political and social rights in the USA and Germany in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book addresses key issues in the historical struggle for civil rights, political rights and social rights in the USA and Germany from the late nineteenth century to the present. Issues include the rights of women and minorities, National Socialism and the emergence of the concept of social rights. This book addresses key issues in the historical struggle for civil rights, political rights and social rights in the USA and Germany from the late nineteenth century to the present. Issues include the rights of women and minorities, National Socialism and the emergence of the concept of social rights. This collection 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. Using a cross-national comparative approach, this book presents national case studies that explore the similarities and differences of conceptualizing rights on both sides of the Atlantic. This book analyses the struggle for these rights by individuals and groups and how this struggle became an essential feature not only in political discourse but also in social and political practice and culture in both Germany and the United States. More specifically, the book examines the different ways rights have been denied due to race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. Co

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