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.
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.
Rebecca Gill is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield
Inhaltsangabe
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: The 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
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: The 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
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