Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

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

Cabanes, Bruno,

The Great War and the origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924 / Bruno Cabanes. - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014 - vii, 390 pages ; 23 cm. - Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare . - Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Human dignity : from humanitarian rights to human rights. Introduction: Conclusion:

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

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