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Calculating Compassion: Humanity and Relief in War, Britain 1870–1914 - Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches Rebecca Gill
Calculating Compassion: Humanity and Relief in War, Britain 1870–1914 - Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
Rebecca Gill
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. -- .
272 pages, 4 black & white halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 31, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780719078101 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 240 × 24 mm · 546 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Taithe, Bertrand |