{"product_id":"amnesty-international-and-human-rights-activism-in-postwar-britain-1945-1977-hardback-9781107127517","title":"Amnesty International and Human Rights Activism in Postwar Britain, 1945–1977 (Hardback) 9781107127517","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmnesty International and Human Rights Activism in Postwar Britain, 1945–1977\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemonstrates how activists worked together during the post-war decades to transform public attitudes towards violations of human rights.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTom Buchanan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107127517, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.67 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The conclusion is excellent, dealing with individual agency compared to 'the winds of history,' visionaries compared to effective managers, and law compared to social movements.' D. P. Forsythe, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this definitive new account of the emergence of human rights activism in post-war Britain, Tom Buchanan shows how disparate individuals, organisations and causes gradually came to acquire a common identity as 'human rights activists'. This was a slow process whereby a coalition of activists, working on causes ranging from anti-fascism, anti-apartheid and decolonisation to civil liberties and the peace movement, began to come together under the banner of human rights. The launch of Amnesty International in 1961, and its landmark winning of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 provided a model and inspiration to many new activist movements in 'the field of human rights', and helped to affect major changes towards public and political attitudes towards human rights issues across the globe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dawn: 1934–50\u003cbr\u003e 2. Africa, decolonisation and human rights in the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e 3. Political imprisonment and human rights, 1945–64\u003cbr\u003e 4. The early years of Amnesty International, 1961–4\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'The crisis of growth', Amnesty International 1964–68\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1968: the UN Year for Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e 7. Torture states: 1967–75\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'All things come to those who wait': the later 1970s\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. The winds of history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human rights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human rights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20rights%20%5BJPVH%5D%22\"\u003eJPVH\u003c\/a\u003e], 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912973934872,"sku":"9781107127517","price":71.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107127517i_c9b9f26c-7a17-4401-93f1-60dc95076cbc.jpg?v=1696793568","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/amnesty-international-and-human-rights-activism-in-postwar-britain-1945-1977-hardback-9781107127517","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}