International Jewish humanitarianism in the age of the Great War


Jaclyn Granick
Bok Engelsk 2021
Originaltittel
Utgitt
Cambridge University Press
Omfang
xiv, 404 sider : illustrasjoner, kart
Opplysninger
Introduction ; 1. War sufferers: moving money in war ; 2. The hungry: establishing in-kind relief in the field ; 3. Refugee: solutions without resolution ; 4. The sick: Jewish fitness through Jewish health ; 5. Child: welfare for a contested Jewish future ; 6. The impoverished: credit as reconstruction ; Epilogue ; Notes.. - "In 1914, seven million Jews across Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean were caught in the crossfire of warring empires in a disaster of stupendous, unprecedented proportions. In response, American Jews developed a new model of humanitarian relief for their suffering brethren abroad, wandering into American foreign policy as they navigated a wartime political landscape. The effort continued into peacetime, touching every interwar Jewish community in these troubled regions through long-term refugee, child welfare, public health, and poverty alleviation projects. Against the backdrop of war, revolution, and reconstruction, this is the story of American Jews who went abroad in solidarity to rescue and rebuild Jewish lives in Jewish homelands. As they constructed a new form of humanitarianism and re-drew the map of modern philanthropy, they rebuilt the Jewish Diaspora itself in the image of the modern social welfare state"--
Emner
Humanitarian assistance, American - History - Europe
Jewish diaspora.
Jews - History - United States
World War, 1914-1918 - Civilian relief.
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ISBN
1-108-86069-9

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