Title From empire to humanity : the American Revolution and the origins of humanitarianism / Amanda B. Moniz

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Chapter One: Protestantism, Empire, and Transatlantic Philanthropy, 1700-1760s -- Chapter Two: Coming of Age in the Atlantic Community, 1740s-1770s -- Chapter Three: The Unnatural War -- Chapter Four: The Empire of Humanity -- Chapter Five: Circumnavigations of Charity -- Chapter Six: The Common Cause of Humanity -- Chapter Seven: Ambivalent Cosmopolites -- Epilogue Summary "From Empire to Humanity tells the story of a generation of American and British activists who transformed humanitarianism as they adjusted to becoming foreigners to each other in the wake of the American Revolution. In the decades before the Revolution, Americans and Britons shared an imperial approach to charitable activity. They worked together in benevolent ventures designed to strengthen the British empire, and ordinary men and women donated to help faraway members of the British community. Raised and educated in this world of connections, future activists from the British Isles, North America, and the West Indies developed expansive outlooks and transatlantic ties. For budding doctors--including Philadelphia's Benjamin Rush, Caribbean-born Londoner John Coakley Lettsom, and John Crawford, whose life took him from Ireland to India, Barbados, South America, and, finally, Baltimore--this was especially true. American independence put an end to their common imperial humanitarianism, but not their friendships, their far-reaching visions, or their belief in philanthropy as a tool of statecraft. In the postwar years, with doctor-activists at the forefront, Americans and Britons collaborated in the anti-drowning cause and other medical philanthropy, antislavery movements, prison reform, and more. No longer members of the same polity, the erstwhile compatriots adopted a universal approach to their beneficence as they reimagined their bonds with people who were now foreigners. Universal benevolence could also be a source of tension. With the new wars at the end of the century, activists' optimistic cosmopolitanism waned, even as their practices endured. Making the care of suffering strangers routine, they laid the groundwork for later generations' global undertakings "-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Humanitarianism -- United States -- History -- 18th century Humanitarianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Humanitarianism -- West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century Social reformers -- History -- 18th century Political activists -- History -- 18th century Physicians -- Political activity -- History -- 18th century Imperialism -- Social aspects -- History -- 18th century Cosmopolitanism -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services. Cosmopolitanism Humanitarianism Imperialism -- Social aspects Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Physicians -- Political activity Political activists Social aspects Social reformers SUBJECT United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140162 Subject Great Britain United States West Indies -- British West Indies Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016016061 ISBN 9780190240363 0190240369 0190240350 9780190240356 9780190240387 0190240385

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