Empire of Humanity A History of Humanitarianism

Name: Empire of Humanity A History of Humanitarianism
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ISBN: 9780801478796

ISBN-10: 0801478790

ISBN-13: 9780801478796

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael Barnett

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Empire of Humanity explores humanitarianism's remarkable growth from its humble origins in the early nineteenth century to its current prominence in global life. In contrast to most contemporary accounts of humanitarianism that concentrate on the last two decades, Michael Barnett ties the past to the present, connecting the antislavery and missionary movements of the nineteenth century to today's peacebuilding missions, the Cold War interventions in places like Biafra and Cambodia to post-Cold War humanitarian operations in regions such as the Great Lakes of Africa and the Balkans; and the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863 to the emergence of the major…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Crooked Timber of Humanitarianism



Co-Dependence: Humanitarianism and the World



The Age of Imperial Humanitarianism



The Humanitarian Big Bang



Saving Slaves, Sinners, Savages, and Societies



Saving Soldiers and Civilians during War



The Age of Neo-Humanitarianism



The New International



Neo-Humanitarianism



Humanitarianism during Wartime



The Age of Liberal Humanitarianism



It's a Humanitarian's World



Armed for Humanity



Politics and Anti-Politics, or the New Paternalism


Conclusion: Empire of Humanity


Notes


References


Index