Humanitarianism and Suffering The Mobilization of Empathy

Name: Humanitarianism and Suffering The Mobilization of Empathy
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ISBN: 9780521298384

ISBN-10: 0521298385

ISBN-13: 9780521298384

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard Ashby Wilson, Richard D. Brown

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List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Richard D. Brown is professor of history at the University of Connecticut. His books include Knowledge Is Power: The Diffusion of Information in Early America, 1700-1865.




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