Calculating Compassion
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Franco-Prussian War
humanity
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Loyd Lindsay
nationalist violence
nineteenth-century relief workers
Ottoman counter-insurgency
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relief work
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Product details
- ISBN 9780719078101
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2013
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870–71, it follows distinguished surgeons and ‘lady amateurs’ as they distributed aid to wounded soldiers and distressed civilians, often in the face of considerable suspicion. Dispensing with the notion of shared ‘humanitarian’ ideals, it examines the complex, and sometimes controversial, origins of organised relief, and illuminates the emergence of practices and protocols still recognisable in the delivery of overseas aid. This book is intended for students, academics and relief practitioners interested in the historical concerns of first generation relief agencies such as the British Red Cross Society and the Save the Children Fund, and their legacies today.
Rebecca Gill is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield
