The Great War and the origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924 / Bruno Cabanes.
Series: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfarePublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014 Description: vii, 390 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 9781107020627; 110702062X; 9781107604834; 1107604834Subject(s): Humanitarianism -- History -- 20th century | Philanthropists -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 | Basic needs -- History -- 20th century | Human rights -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 361.2/6 LOC classification: BJ1475.3. | C33 2014Other classification: 8 | NQ 1068 | NW 9000
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.