LEADER 03858nam 2200625 450 001 9910478869403321 005 20170920012454.0 010 $a1-5261-1065-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000853534 035 $a(EBL)4706744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4706744 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000853534 100 $a20161014h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCalculating compassion $ehumanity and relief in war, Britain 1870-1914 /$fRebecca Gill 210 1$aManchester, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cManchester University Press,$d2013. 210 2$aNew York, New York :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[date of distribution not identified] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aHumanitarianism Key Debates and New Approaches 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7810-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a4 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 330 $aCalculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, it follows distinguished surgeons and 'lady amateurs' as they distributed aid to wounded soldiers and distressed civilians, often in the face of considerable suspicion. Dispensing with the notion of shared 'humanitarian' ideals, it examines the complex, and sometimes controversial, origins of organised relief, and illuminates the emergence of practices and protocols still recognisable in the delivery o 410 0$aHumanitarianism (Series) 606 $aHumanitarian assistance 606 $aHumanitarian assistance, British$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aHumanitarian assistance, British$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWar relief$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWar relief$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWar victims$xServices for$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWar victims$xServices for$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance. 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance, British$xHistory 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance, British$xHistory 615 0$aWar relief$xHistory 615 0$aWar relief$xHistory 615 0$aWar victims$xServices for$xHistory 615 0$aWar victims$xServices for$xHistory 676 $a361.26 700 $aGill$b Rebecca$c(Historian),$0909837 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910478869403321 996 $aCalculating compassion$92035966 997 $aUNINA