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The Great War and the origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924
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The Great War and the origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924 / Bruno Cabanes.
ISBN
9781107020627 (hardback)
110702062X (hardback)
9781107604834 (paperback)
1107604834 (paperback)
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
vii, 390 pages ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 16, 2014
Series
Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
Bibliography
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.
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