Britannia's embrace : modern humanitarianism and the imperial origins of refugee relief

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154315003321
• Autore: Shaw Caroline
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
• ISBN: 0-19-020100-2; 0-19-020101-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Classificazione: HIS015000POL035010HIS037060
• Disciplina: 362.87/80941; 362.8780941
• Soggetti: Refugees - History - 19th century - Great Britain; Political refugees - History - 19th century - Great Britain; Humanitarianism - History - 19th century - Great Britain; Refugees - History - Government policy - 19th century - Great Britain; Asylum, Right of - History - 19th century - Great Britain; Imperialism - History - Social aspects - 19th century - Great Britain; Liberalism - History - 19th century - Great Britain; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences; Social Welfare & Social Work - General; Great Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th century; Great Britain Politics and government 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Britannia's Embrace -- Part I. The Rise of Liberal Refuge -- Catholic Émigrés and the Protestant Nation -- The Consolation of Refuge -- Telling Stories, Taking Action -- Taking Refuge in Empire -- Colonial Refuge in the Metropolitan Eye -- Part II. A National Tradition or a Universal Right? : Refuge and the Law -- Heroes, Villains, and the Parameters of Political Asylum -- Probing the Limits of Imperial Humanitarianism -- Hardening the Humanitarian Heart -- Conclusion: Moral Politics and the Quest for a Language of Right.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Britannia's Embrace' offers the first historical examination of the origins of refuge for persecuted foreigners. It argues that this modern humanitarian norm - the responsibility to protect foreign refugees of any race, class, politics, or creed - developed in nineteenth-century Britain through a popular movement that equated the provision of refuge with a national liberal identity and compelled even the most powerful politicians to heed its demands. The public's moral enthusiasm for foreign refugees ironically drew strength from the political and physical resources of the British Empire.