Gill, Rebecca <br/><br/>
Calculating compassion :  humanity and relief in war, Britain 1870-1914 / 
Rebecca Gill. 
 - New York :   Manchester University Press,   2013. 
 - 240 p. :  ill.  
 - Humanitarianism : key debates and new approaches .
<br/><br/>HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M08 
<br/><br/> The history of relief work is in its infancy. 'Calculating Compassion' draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of 19th-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today. Tracing the early history of familiar British aid agencies such as the British Red Cross Society (founded 1870) and the Save the Children Fund UK (founded 1919) - as well as those less familiar and now defunct - this book challenges any notion of a common 'humanitarian' ideal. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780719078101 0719078105 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Humanitarian assistance, British--History--19th century.<br/>Humanitarian assistance, British--History--20th century.<br/>War relief--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>War relief--History--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>War victims--Services for--History--19th century.<br/>War victims--Services for--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV555.G7  / G55 2013