Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995 (eBook)

Selective humanity in the Anglophone world

Joy Damousi, Trevor Burnard, Alan Lester (Herausgeber)

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2022
312 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5954-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late twentieth century. Contributors explore the trade-offs between humane concern and the altered context of colonial and postcolonial realpolitik. They also showcase an array of methodologies and sources with which to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and colonialism. These range from the biography of material objects to interviews as well as more conventional archival enquiry. They also include work with and for Indigenous people whose family histories have been defined in large part by 'humanitarian' interventions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Imperialism
• Zusatzinfo: 1 black & white illustration
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Schlagworte: assimilation • British Empire • Civilisation • Decolonisation • global humanitarianism • Human Rights • material culture • Slavery • transnationalism • Volunteering
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-5954-6 / 1526159546
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-5954-0 / 9781526159540