Humanitarianism, Empire and Transnationalism, 1760-1995

Introduction: Selective humanity: Three centuries of Anglophone humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism - Trevor Burnard, Joy Damousi and Alan Lester

Part I: Transatlantic humanitarianism, 1760-1838
1 Anthony Benezet: A Short History of Guinea and its impact on early British abolitionism -
Trevor Burnard
2 An incident at the Sun Tavern: Changing the discourse on Indigenous visitors to Georgian Britain - Kate Fullagar
3 Humanity amidst calamity: Humanitarian discourse in New South Wales, 1788-1830 -
Jillian Beard
4 'Nor do they harbour vermin': Material culture approaches to exploring humanitarian exchanges - Amanda B. Moniz
5 The realpolitik of emancipation in the British Empire, 1833-38 - Alan Lester

Part II: Humanitarianism and Indigenous peoples, 1838-c. 1950
6 Humanitarianism in a genocidal age: The tragic story of the Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 1838-1903 - Ann Curthoys
7 From humanitarianism to humane governance: Aboriginal slavery and white Australia - Amanda Nettelbeck
8 Humanitarian priorities and West African agency in the British Empire - Bronwen Everill
9 The origins of exemption: The individual exception in the discourse of humanitarianism - Katherine Ellinghaus

Part III: A new international order, 1918-95
10 Gender, personalities and the politics of humanitarianism: Nursing leaders of the League of Red Cross Societies between the wars - Melanie Oppenheimer
11 'Springs of love': Sentiment and affect in the development of mid-twentieth-century volunteering - Agnieszka Sobocinska
12 Humanitarian activism during the Vietnam War: The case of Rosemary Taylor, Elaine Moir and Margaret Moses - Joy Damousi
13 Humanitarianism in the age of human rights: Amnesty International in Australia - Jon Piccini
14 Palliation, poverty and child welfare: Human rights and humanitarianism in the 1980s - Roland Burke

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• História social e cultural
• Colonialismo, imperialismo e
• História moderna para o século 20: c1700 a c 1900

Assimilation; British Empire; Civilisation; Decolonisation; Global Humanitarianism; Human rights; Material culture; Slavery; Transnationalism; Volunteering