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Author Gill, Rebecca (Historian)

Title Calculating compassion : humanity and relief in war, Britain 1870-1914 / Rebecca Gill
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Humanitarianism : key debates and new approaches
Humanitarianism (Series)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series page; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 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, 1876-78Part III 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
Summary The history of relief work is in its infancy. 'Calculating Compassion' draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of 19th-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today. Tracing the early history of familiar British aid agencies such as the British Red Cross Society (founded 1870) and the Save the Children Fund UK (founded 1919) - as well as those less familiar and now defunct - this book challenges any notion of a common 'humanitarian' ideal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-234) and index
Subject Humanitarian assistance, British -- History -- 19th century
Humanitarian assistance, British -- History -- 20th century
War relief -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
War relief -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
War victims -- Services for -- History -- 19th century
War victims -- Services for -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century.
Humanitarian assistance, British
War relief
War victims -- Services for
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1526110652
9781526110657