TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gill,Rebecca
TI  - Calculating Compassion: Humanity and Relief in War, Britain 1870-1914
T2  - Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches Series
SN  - 9781526110657
AV  - HV553.G555 2013 
U1  - 361.26 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Humanitarian assistance
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half-title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: calculating compassion in war -- Part I A new vocation: British relief in war - France, 1870-71 -- 1 The origins of British relief in war -- 2 Accounting for compassion: British relief in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71 -- Part II Knowledge of suffering and the politics of relief: the Balkans, 1876-78 -- 3 New humanitarian politics: 'victim' nations and the brotherhood of humanity -- 4 Neutrality and the politics of aid in insurgency: British relief to the Balkans, 1876-78 -- Part III Boundaries of compassion: humanity and relief in British wars, c.1884-1914 -- 5 Scientific humanitarianism and British 'tyranny' in South Africa -- 6 The rational application of compassion? Relief, reconstruction and disputes over civilian suffering in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 -- 7 Neutrality, proficiency and the feminisation of aid: from the 'scramble for Africa' to the Great War -- Conclusion: humanity and relief in war and peace -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. The author draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of nineteenth-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today
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