Skip Navigation

Scout Archives

Home Projects Publications Archives About Sign Up or Log In

Human Rights

The idea of "human rights" is a relatively new development in history, but as this website from Britain's National Archives notes in its discussion of the long trajectory of struggles for equality and so forth, "We could do worse than characterizing this history as the struggle for human rights." This visually compelling online exhibit uses original documents from The National Archives to take a long view of these struggles and movements. Visitors can start their journey through the site by picking a time period, and then reading an introductory essay on the period. Each time period includes a timeline and links to digitized version of relevant documents, such as The Poor Act of 1601 and a poster for a Staffordshire coal miners' union public meeting from 1831. The site is rounded out by a thorough glossary and a document index.
Scout Publication
Required Software
Language
Date of Scout Publication
August 10th, 2007
Date Of Record Creation
August 10th, 2007 at 10:06am
Date Of Record Release
August 13th, 2007 at 11:16pm
Resource URL Clicks
16

Internal

Cumulative Rating
0
Add Comment

Comments

(no comments available yet)