Research Catalog

Empire of humanity : a history of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett.

Title
Empire of humanity : a history of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett.
Author
Barnett, Michael N., 1960-
Publication
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.

Holdings

Details

Description
xi, 296 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Cornell paperbacks
Uniform Title
Cornell paperbacks
Subject
  • Altruism
  • Geschichte
  • HISTORY
  • HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
  • HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • Humanitarian assistance > History
  • Humanitarian intervention
  • Humanitarian intervention > History
  • Humanitarianism
  • Humanitarianism > History
  • Humanitarismus
  • Humanitär intervention > historia
  • Humanitärt bistånd > historia
  • INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
  • Internationality
  • POLITICAL ASPECTS
  • Relief Work > history
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Co-dependence : humanitarianism and the world -- The humanitarian big bang -- Saving slaves, sinners, savages, and societies -- Saving soldiers and civilians during war -- The new international -- Neo-humanitarianism -- Humanitarianism during wartime -- It's a humanitarian's world -- Armed for humanity -- Politics and anti-politics, or, the new paternalism.
ISBN
  • 9780801447136
  • 0801447135
  • 9780801478796
  • 0801478790
  • 9780801460616
  • 0801460611
LCCN
  • ^^2010042042
  • 3623958