Hunt, Lynn Avery. <br/><br/>
Inventing human rights :  a history / 
Lynn Hunt. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Co.,  c2007. 
 - 272 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index. 
<br/><br/>"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393060959 (hardcover) 0393060950 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006027599 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights--History.<br/>Human rights in literature.<br/>Torture--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC585  / .H89 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323.09