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 Movement---History<br/>Human rights in literature<br/>Torture---History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323.09 HUN