Profiles in Humanity: The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights
Warren I. Cohen
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Description for Profiles in Humanity: The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
This compelling book tells the inspirational stories of men and women who fought for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights throughout the twentieth century. Often at great personal risk, they did what they could to alleviate the suffering caused by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao; by racists in America and South Africa; and those who would oppress women everywhere. Tracing the lives of the unsung and the famous, Cohen retraces the lives of such figures as Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Pope John XXIII, Aung San Suu Kyi, Margaret Sanger, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Together, these biographies paint ... Read more
This compelling book tells the inspirational stories of men and women who fought for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights throughout the twentieth century. Often at great personal risk, they did what they could to alleviate the suffering caused by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao; by racists in America and South Africa; and those who would oppress women everywhere. Tracing the lives of the unsung and the famous, Cohen retraces the lives of such figures as Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Pope John XXIII, Aung San Suu Kyi, Margaret Sanger, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Together, these biographies paint ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742567016
SKU
V9780742567016
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99-15
About Warren I. Cohen
Warren I. Cohen is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and senior scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Reviews for Profiles in Humanity: The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights
Cohen profiles a diverse group of reformers who risked everything 'to improve the human condition' in this concise composite biography. Despite some provocative selections, this is a balanced and lively collection of brief biographical sketches of twentieth-century humanists.
Publishers Weekly
Profiles in Humanity tells a dozen gripping stories of men and women-some famous, some obscure-who risked all to ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
Profiles in Humanity tells a dozen gripping stories of men and women-some famous, some obscure-who risked all to ... Read more