Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995

Selective humanity in the Anglophone world

Joy Damousi, Trevor Burnard, Alan Lester, Joy Damousi, Trevor Burnard, Alan Lester, Andrew S. Thompson

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781526159557
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526159540
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Geography
• Index: History

This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late twentieth century. Contributors explore the trade-offs between humane concern and the altered context of colonial and postcolonial realpolitik. They also showcase an array of methodologies and sources with which to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and colonialism. These range from the biography of material objects to interviews as well as more conventional archival enquiry. They also include work with and for Indigenous people whose family histories have been defined in large part by 'humanitarian' interventions.

Index

1. Abbreviations: Aus = Australia; ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross; LRCS = League of Red Cross Societies; USA = United States; WA = Western Australia
2. abolition of slavery 1–2, 6, 10–11, 13–16, 19, 37, 119–38, 179, 180, 183, 203, 331
3. activism 9–10, 43–4, 121–4
4. beginnings 37–8, 41–4, 49–52
5. coerced labour vs. 122
6. internationalism 18–21
7. limits on 119–20
8. morality 37–9, 43, 45, 46, 125, 133
9. public attitudes 44, 120–4
10. see also apprenticeship system, post-slavery; Benezet, Anthony; Clarkson, Thomas; compensation payments to slave owners
11. Abolition of Slavery, Act for the (1833) 119–23, 125–6, 131, 137
12. exceptions/limits 119–20, 123, 126–30
13. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australian
14. acculturation 222–3, 224–5
15. activism 220, 229, 230, 307, 310–12
16. ameliorating conditions 93–4
17. assimilation 83, 154–5, 217, 222–4, 228, 230
18. attitudes to 185, 188, 191, 217–19, 221–2, 229
19. children, treatment of 91–3, 183
20. Christianisation ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Selective humanity: Three centuries of Anglophone humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism – Trevor Burnard, Joy Damousi and Alan Lester
• I Transatlantic humanitarianism, 1760–1838
• II Humanitarianism and Indigenous peoples, 1838–c. 1950
• III A new international order, 1918–95
• Index