| Saving the Children: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire Volume 19 Contributor(s): Baughan, Emily (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520343727 ISBN-13: 9780520343726 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century - Political Science | Imperialism - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 361.26 |
| LCCN: 2021014315 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Saving the Children analyzes the intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism through the history of the humanitarian organization Save the Children, from its formation during the First World War through the era of decolonization. Whereas Save the Children claimed that it was "saving children to save the world," the vision of the world it sought to save was a strictly delimited one, characterized by international capitalism and colonial rule. Emily Baughan's groundbreaking analysis, across fifty years and eighteen countries, shows that Britain's desire to create an international order favorable to its imperial rule shaped international humanitarianism. In revealing that modern humanitarianism and its conception of childhood are products of the early twentieth-century imperial economy, Saving the Children argues that the contemporary aid sector must reckon with its past if it is to forge a new future. |