1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910478869403321

Autore

Gill Rebecca (Historian)

Titolo

Calculating compassion : humanity and relief in war, Britain 1870-1914 / / Rebecca Gill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2013

ISBN

1-5261-1065-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Humanitarianism Key Debates and New Approaches

Disciplina

361.26

Soggetti

Humanitarian assistance

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

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, it follows distinguished surgeons and 'lady amateurs' as they distributed aid to wounded soldiers and distressed civilians, often in the face of considerable suspicion. Dispensing with the notion of shared 'humanitarian' ideals, it examines the complex, and sometimes controversial, origins of organised relief, and illuminates the emergence of practices and protocols still recognisable in the delivery o

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151646503321

Autore

Palmer Willard A.

Titolo

Alfred's basic adult . Level 2 : all-time favorites / / Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Los Angeles, California] : , : Alfred Music, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

1-4574-3149-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Alfred's Basic Piano Library

Disciplina

786.2193

Soggetti

Piano - Instruction and study

Piano

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711545603321

Autore

Stewart Richard W (Richard Winship), <1951->

Titolo

The Chinese intervention, 3 November 1950-24 January 1951

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [Center of Military History, U.S. Army], , [2000?]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (35 pages) : illustrations, color maps

Collana

Korean War

CMH pub ; ; 19-8

Disciplina

951.904

Soggetti

Korean War, 1950-1953 - Campaigns

Military campaigns

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

"PIN : 077985-000."

"CCF Intervention 1950-1951"--Page 4 of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 35).



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910871493003321

Autore

Kanski, Jack J.

Titolo

Kanski Oftalmologia clinica : la sinossi / John F. Salmon ; a cura di Vito Romano, Francesco Semeraro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Edra, 2023

ISBN

978-88-214-5750-0

978-88-214-5751-7

Edizione

[4. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

XI, 447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

617.7

Locazione

FMEBC

Collocazione

90 U 11a 35

90 U 11a 36

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia