Twelve Documents That Shaped the World

by Gerberg, Mort; Agel, Jerome

• ISBN13: 9780399517464
• ISBN10: 0399517464
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Tarcherperigree

Summary

Discusses the importance of twelve documents that contributed to the history of human rights throughout the world and presents the text of each document

Table of Contents

Magna Carta--June 15, 1215	p. 4
The Mayflower Compact--November 11, 1620	p. 11
The Declaration of Independence--July 4, 1776	p. 14
The U.S. Bill of Rights--December 15, 1791	p. 21
Washington's Farewell Address--September 19, 1796	p. 25
The Emancipation Proclamation--January 1, 1863	p. 33
The Gettysburg Address--November 19, 1863	p. 37
The Balfour Declaration--November 2, 1917	p. 40
The Treaty of Versailles--June 28, 1919	p. 43
The Charter of the United Nations--October 24, 1945	p. 49
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights--December 10, 1948	p. 52
The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965--July 2, 1964; April 11, 1968; August 6, 1965	p. 58
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