Quaker brotherhood [[electronic resource] ] : interracial activism and the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1950 / / Allan W. Austin

• Autore: Austin Allan W
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 267/.189673
• Soggetto topico: Race relations - Religious aspects - Society of Friends - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Friendly principle of brotherhood -- Let's do away with walls: the AFSC's Interracial Section and race work in the United States, 1924-1929 -- Bridging race and peace: the AFSC in good times and bad, 1927-1931 -- Intelligent leadership in the cause of racial brotherhood: Quakers, social science, and the AFSC's interracial activism in the 1930s -- Refugees from abroad and at home: the hostel method and victims of war -- From race relations to community relations -- Race and reconciliation at mid-century.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Quaker Brotherhood' is an extensive study of the American Friends Service Committee's interracial activism in the first half of the 20th century, filling a major gap in scholarship on the Quakers' race relations work from the AFSC's founding in 1917 to the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the early 1950's.
• Titolo autorizzato: Quaker brotherhood
• ISBN: 0-252-09415-8; 1-283-99166-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779461703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II