P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

"[A]n excellent book that made accessible an otherwise arcane subject to the general reader and specialist alike. Roth's book is a landmark study in its field and deserves a broad readership." (Connections) "This volume is an important addition to the literature on the history of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and also a fascinating biography of the complex, multitalented, cosmopolitan P. C. Chang (1892-1957)." (Choice) "In this unprecedented work, Hans Ingvar Roth casts a spotlight on the life and times of Chinese philosopher Peng Chun Chang, who has remained in the shadows too long-in spite of his signal contributions to the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Gathering much new evidence and insisting on Chang's relevance even today to a movement that seeks cross-cultural and global purchase, Roth has made a noteworthy contribution to the history and theory of human rights." (Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World) "A fine and deeply engaging book. P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is quite the page turner, with a unique and novel angle into a much-researched topic, which is timely, both among practitioners and scholars, and Hans Ingvar Roth's approach fits well with the new generation of transnational historians of human rights." (Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden)