Recent Human Rights Education Publications - 2007

Human Rights Education Publications

Recently added works from the University of Pennsylvania Press:

	Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground Erin Daly and Jeremy Sarkin 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3976-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights series As nations struggling to heal wounds of civil war and atrocity turn toward the model of reconciliation, Reconciliation in Divided Societies takes a systematic look at the political dimensions of this international phenomenon.  More information >
	Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8 | $19.95 | £13.00 A volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights series Female Circumcision brings together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the U.S., and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice.  More information >
	Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3911-9 | $45.00 | £29.50 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1987-6 | $22.50 | £15.00 A volume in the Ethnography of Political Violence series In Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana brings her firsthand experience with child soldiers in Angola and Mozambique to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done.  More information >
	From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson 472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3969-0 | $39.95 | £26.00 A volume in the Politics and Culture in Modern America series From Civil Rights to Human Rights examines King's lifelong commitments to economic equality, racial justice, and international peace. Drawing upon broad research in published sources and unpublished manuscript collections, Jackson positions King within the social movements and momentous debates of his time.  More information >

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