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

• Autore: Gill Rebecca (Historian)
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013; New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [date of distribution not identified]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.26
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Calculating compassion
• ISBN: 1-5261-1065-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910478869403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Humanitarianism (Series)