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The Great War and the origins of humanitarianism, 1918-1924 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cabanes, Bruno (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
Subjects:
Humanitarianism > History > 20th century.
Philanthropists > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918.
Basic needs > History > 20th century.
Human rights > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Human disasters : humanitarianism and the transnational turn in the wake of World War I
  • "Right, not charity" : RenĂ© 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.