Benevolent Empire : : U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed / / Stephen R. Porter.
Stephen Porter's Benevolent Empire examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institutions from World War I through the Cold War, opening an important window onto the "short American century." Chronicling both international...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 10 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. a new Benevolent Empire?
- Chapter 2. Refugees in the shadow of the new deal
- Chapter 3. Recruiting Philanthropies for Battle
- Chapter 4. Benevolent or fair superpower?
- Chapter 5. State of voluntarism for Hungarians?
- Chapter 6. Freedom fighters on the american Home front
- Chapter 7. Revolutions in Cuba and Refugee Welfare
- Epilogue
- List of abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments