Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995 : selective humanity in the Anglophone world /: selective humanity in the Anglophone world. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joy Damousi, Trevor Burnard, Alan Lester.
• Editors: Damousi, Joy; Burnard, Trevor G (Trevor Graeme); Lester, Alan
• Contents: Introduction: Selective humanity: Three centuries of Anglophone humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism – Trevor Burnard, Joy Damousi and Alan Lester; ; Part I: Transatlantic humanitarianism, 1760–1838; 1 Anthony Benezet: A Short History of Guinea and its impact on early British abolitionism –; Trevor Burnard; 2 An incident at the Sun Tavern: Changing the discourse on Indigenous visitors to Georgian Britain – Kate Fullagar; 3 Humanity amidst calamity: Humanitarian discourse in New South Wales, 1788–1830 –; Jillian Beard; 4 'Nor do they harbour vermin': Material culture approaches to exploring humanitarian exchanges – Amanda B. Moniz; 5 The realpolitik of emancipation in the British Empire, 1833–38 – Alan Lester; ; Part II: Humanitarianism and Indigenous peoples, 1838–c. 1950; 6 Humanitarianism in a genocidal age: The tragic story of the Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 1838–1903 – Ann Curthoys; 7 From humanitarianism to humane governance: Aboriginal slavery and white Australia – Amanda Nettelbeck; 8 Humanitarian priorities and West African agency in the British Empire – Bronwen Everill; 9 The origins of exemption: The individual exception in the discourse of humanitarianism – Katherine Ellinghaus; ; Part III: A new international order, 1918–95; 10 Gender, personalities and the politics of humanitarianism: Nursing leaders of the League of Red Cross Societies between the wars – Melanie Oppenheimer; 11 ‘Springs of love’: Sentiment and affect in the development of mid-twentieth-century volunteering – Agnieszka Sobocinska; 12 Humanitarian activism during the Vietnam War: The case of Rosemary Taylor, Elaine Moir and Margaret Moses – Joy Damousi; 13 Humanitarianism in the age of human rights: Amnesty International in Australia – Jon Piccini; 14 Palliation, poverty and child welfare: Human rights and humanitarianism in the 1980s – Roland Burke; ; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 361.26; Humanitarianism; Humanitarianism -- English-speaking countries; Imperialism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526159540; 9781526159564
• Related ISBNs: 9781526159557
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