Humanitarian imperialism : the politics of anti-slavery activism, 1880-1940 / Amalia Ribi Forclaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forclaz, Amalia Ribi, author.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford Historical Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Antislavery movements--20th century.

Humanitarian intervention--19th century.

Humanitarian intervention.

Humanitarian intervention--20th century.

Imperialism--19th century.

Imperialism.

Imperialism--20th century.

Ethiopia--Foreign public opinion.

Ethiopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism experienced a revival, with organisations in Britain, Italy, France, and Switzerland working together to fight the continued existence of slavery and slave-trading in Africa. The book focues on these anti-slavery groups in the interwar years, when slavery in Africa became a focal point of humanitarian and imperial interest, linking Catholic and Protestant philanthropists, missionaries of different faiths, colonial officials, diplomats, and political leaders in Africa and Europe.

Contents:

The anti-slavery revival, 1888-1914

The League of Nations and slavery, 1919-1926

Popular anti-slavery campaigns in Britain, 1927-1933

Italian anti-slavery, colonialism, Catholicism, and fascism, 1919-1933

The war on slavery

The crisis of anti-slavery activism

The end of humanitarian imperialism?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2015).

ISBN:

0-19-179699-9

0-19-104715-5