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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Rebecca Gill is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Calculating compassion in war
Part I. A new vocation: British relief in war: France, 1870- 71
1. The origins of British relief in war
2. Accounting for compassion: British relief in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71
Part II. Knowledge of suffering and the politics of relief: The Balkans, 1876-78
3. New humanitarian politics: 'victim' nations and the brotherhood of Humanity
4. Neutrality and the politics of aid in insurgency: British relief to the Balkans, 1876-78
Part III: The boundaries of compassion: humanity and relief in British wars, c.1884-1914
5. Scientific humanitarianism and British 'tyranny' in South Africa
6. The rational application of compassion? relief, reconstruction, and disputes over civilian suffering in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
7. Neutrality, proficiency and the feminisation of aid: from the 'scramble for Africa' to the Great war
Conclusion: Humanity and relief in war and peace
Bibliography
Index
Part I. A new vocation: British relief in war: France, 1870- 71
1. The origins of British relief in war
2. Accounting for compassion: British relief in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71
Part II. Knowledge of suffering and the politics of relief: The Balkans, 1876-78
3. New humanitarian politics: 'victim' nations and the brotherhood of Humanity
4. Neutrality and the politics of aid in insurgency: British relief to the Balkans, 1876-78
Part III: The boundaries of compassion: humanity and relief in British wars, c.1884-1914
5. Scientific humanitarianism and British 'tyranny' in South Africa
6. The rational application of compassion? relief, reconstruction, and disputes over civilian suffering in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
7. Neutrality, proficiency and the feminisation of aid: from the 'scramble for Africa' to the Great war
Conclusion: Humanity and relief in war and peace
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
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Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Jahrhundert: | Neuzeit |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9780719078101 |
ISBN-10: | 0719078105 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Gill, Rebecca |
Hersteller: | Manchester University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 240 x 161 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Rebecca Gill |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.08.2013 |
Gewicht: | 0,552 kg |
Über den Autor
Rebecca Gill is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Calculating compassion in war
Part I. A new vocation: British relief in war: France, 1870- 71
1. The origins of British relief in war
2. Accounting for compassion: British relief in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71
Part II. Knowledge of suffering and the politics of relief: The Balkans, 1876-78
3. New humanitarian politics: 'victim' nations and the brotherhood of Humanity
4. Neutrality and the politics of aid in insurgency: British relief to the Balkans, 1876-78
Part III: The boundaries of compassion: humanity and relief in British wars, c.1884-1914
5. Scientific humanitarianism and British 'tyranny' in South Africa
6. The rational application of compassion? relief, reconstruction, and disputes over civilian suffering in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
7. Neutrality, proficiency and the feminisation of aid: from the 'scramble for Africa' to the Great war
Conclusion: Humanity and relief in war and peace
Bibliography
Index
Part I. A new vocation: British relief in war: France, 1870- 71
1. The origins of British relief in war
2. Accounting for compassion: British relief in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71
Part II. Knowledge of suffering and the politics of relief: The Balkans, 1876-78
3. New humanitarian politics: 'victim' nations and the brotherhood of Humanity
4. Neutrality and the politics of aid in insurgency: British relief to the Balkans, 1876-78
Part III: The boundaries of compassion: humanity and relief in British wars, c.1884-1914
5. Scientific humanitarianism and British 'tyranny' in South Africa
6. The rational application of compassion? relief, reconstruction, and disputes over civilian suffering in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
7. Neutrality, proficiency and the feminisation of aid: from the 'scramble for Africa' to the Great war
Conclusion: Humanity and relief in war and peace
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Jahrhundert: | Neuzeit |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9780719078101 |
ISBN-10: | 0719078105 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Gill, Rebecca |
Hersteller: | Manchester University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 240 x 161 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Rebecca Gill |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.08.2013 |
Gewicht: | 0,552 kg |
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