The French Revolution and human rights : a brief documentary history / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Lynn Hunt.

Contributor Hunt, Lynn, 1945-

Imprint:Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, c1996.

Descriptionx, 150 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Note:PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE REVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS: 1. Defining rights before 1789: -- Natural law as defined by the Encyclopedia ; -- Antislavery agitation ; Women begin to agitate for rights ; Categories of citizenship -- 2. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789: -- Debates about the Declaration of Rights, July and August 1789 -- The Declaration -- 3. Debates over citizenship and rights during the Revolution: -- The poor and the propertied ; Religious minorities and questionable professions ; The first controversies ; The Jewish question ; Free blacks and slaves ; Women -- APPENDICES: Chronology.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references, "Selected bibliography" (p. 146-147), and index.

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