Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995 : selective humanity in the Anglophone world

Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995 : selective humanity in the Anglophone world /

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Corporate Author: Manchester University Press
Other Authors: Damousi, Joy (Editor), Burnard, Trevor, 1960- (Editor), Lester, Alan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Humanitarianism.
Humanitarianism > English-speaking countries.
Imperialism.
English-speaking countries.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • <P>Introduction: Selective humanity: Three centuries of Anglophone humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism
  • Trevor Burnard, Joy Damousi and Alan Lester<br><br>Part I: Transatlantic humanitarianism, 1760-1838<br>1 Anthony Benezet: <i>A Short History of Guinea</i> and its impact on early British abolitionism -<br>Trevor Burnard<br>2 An incident at the Sun Tavern: Changing the discourse on Indigenous visitors to Georgian Britain
  • Kate Fullagar<br>3 Humanity amidst calamity: Humanitarian discourse in New South Wales, 1788-1830 -<br>Jillian Beard<br>4 'Nor do they harbour vermin': Material culture approaches to exploring humanitarian exchanges
  • Amanda B. Moniz<br>5 The realpolitik of emancipation in the British Empire, 1833-38
  • Alan Lester<br><br>Part II: Humanitarianism and Indigenous peoples, 1838-c. 1950<br>6 Humanitarianism in a genocidal age: The tragic story of the Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 1838-1903
  • Ann Curthoys<br>7 From humanitarianism to humane governance: Aboriginal slavery and white Australia
  • Amanda Nettelbeck<br>8 Humanitarian priorities and West African agency in the British Empire
  • Bronwen Everill<br>9 The origins of exemption: The individual exception in the discourse of humanitarianism
  • Katherine Ellinghaus<br><br>Part III: A new international order, 1918-95<br>10 Gender, personalities and the politics of humanitarianism: Nursing leaders of the League of Red Cross Societies between the wars
  • Melanie Oppenheimer<br>11 'Springs of love': Sentiment and affect in the development of mid-twentieth-century volunteering
  • Agnieszka Sobocinska<br>12 Humanitarian activism during the Vietnam War: The case of Rosemary Taylor, Elaine Moir and Margaret Moses
  • Joy Damousi<br>13 Humanitarianism in the age of human rights: Amnesty International in Australia
  • Jon Piccini<br>14 Palliation, poverty and child welfare: Human rights and humanitarianism in the 1980s
  • Roland Burke<br><br>Index</p>

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