Research Catalog

Title

The Great War and the origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924 / Bruno Cabanes.

Author

Cabanes, Bruno

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Details

Description

vii, 390 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare

Uniform Title

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.

Subjects

• World War, 1914-1918
• Philanthropists > History > 20th century
• Human rights > History > 20th century
• Basic needs > History > 20th century
• Humanitarianism > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Human disasters : humanitarianism and the transnational turn in the wake of World War I -- "Right, not charity" : René Cassin and war victims -- Justice and peace : Albert Thomas, the International Labor Organization, and the dream of a transnational politics of social rights -- The tragedy of being stateless : Fridtjof Nansen and the rights of refugees -- The hungry and the sick : Herbert Hoover, the Russian famine, and the professionalization of humanitarian aid -- Humanitarianism old and new : Eglantyne Jebb and children's rights -- Conclusion: Human dignity : from humanitarian rights to human rights.

Call Number

JFE 14-4523

ISBN

• 9781107020627 (hardback)
• 110702062X (hardback)
• 9781107604834 (paperback)
• 1107604834 (paperback)

LCCN

2013032778

OCLC

868981241

Author

Cabanes, Bruno, author.

Title

The Great War and the origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924 / Bruno Cabanes.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-4523