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Calculating compassion
eBook - Humanity and relief in war, Britain 1870-1914, Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
ISBN/EAN: 9781526110640
Umbreit-Nr.: 206912
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 272 S.
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 16.05.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 187071, it follows distinguished surgeons and lady amateurs as they distributed aid to wounded soldiers and distressed civilians, often in the face of considerable suspicion. Dispensing with the notion of shared humanitarian ideals, it examines the complex, and sometimes controversial, origins of organised relief, and illuminates the emergence of practices and protocols still recognisable in the delivery of overseas aid. This book is intended for students, academics and relief practitioners interested in the historical concerns of first generation relief agencies such as the British Red Cross Society and the Save the Children Fund, and their legacies today.
- Kurztext
- Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. The author draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of nineteenth-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today.
- Autorenportrait
- Rebecca Gill is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield