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Copyright © Colin Samson 2020

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First published in 2020 by Polity Press

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2997-1

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2998-8 (pb)

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Names: Samson, Colin, author.

Title: The colonialism of human rights : ongoing hypocrisies of western liberalism / Colin Samson.

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Human rights have never been universal and the costs are still being unequally paid today”-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020000112 (print) | LCCN 2020000113 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509529971 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509529988 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509530007 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Human rights--Developing countries. | Imperialism--History. | Slavery--History. | Indigenous peoples--Colonization. | Indigenous peoples--Civil rights. | North and south.

Classification: LCC JC599.D44 S26 2020 (print) | LCC JC599.D44 (ebook) | DDC 323.09172/4--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020000112

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