The Great War and the origins of humanitarianism, 1918-1924
Cabanes, Bruno2014
Book
This publication provides a pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.
Main title:
The Great War and the origins of humanitarianism, 1918-1924 / Bruno Cabanes.
Author:
Cabanes, Bruno, author
Imprint:
Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2014.©2014.
Collation:
vii, 390 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1."Rights, not charity": Rene Cassin and war victims -- 2.Justice and peace: Albert Thomas, the International Labor Organization, and the dream of a transnational politics of social rights -- 3.The tragedy of being stateless: Fridtjof Nansen and the rights of refugees -- 4.The hungry and the sick: Herbert Hoover, the Russian famine, and the professionalization of humanitarian aid -- 5.Humanitarianism old and new: Eglantyne Jebb and children's rights.
ISBN:
9781107604834
Dewey class:
361.2609409042361.26
Language:
English
Subject:
Philanthropists -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Humanitarian assistance -- Europe -- History -- 20th centuryHumanitarianism -- History -- 20th centuryRefugees -- Europe -- History -- 20th centuryBasic needs -- History -- 20th centuryHuman rights -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
BRN:
249067