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Benevolent Empire : U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed / Stephen R. Porter.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porter, Stephen R., author.
- Series:
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
- Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarianism--United States--History.
- Humanitarianism.
- Humanitarian assistance, American.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Stephen Porter examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institutions from World War I through the Cold War. The supporters of these endeavors presented the United States as a new kind of world power, a Benevolent Empire.-- Provided by Publisher.
- Contents:
- ch. 1 New Benevolent Empire?
- ch. 2 Refugees in the Shadow of the New Deal
- ch. 3 Recruiting Philanthropies for Battle
- ch. 4 Benevolent or Fair Superpower?
- ch. 5 State of Voluntarism for Hungarians?
- ch. 6 Freedom Fighters on the American Home Front
- ch. 7 Revolutions in Cuba and Refugee Welfare.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-282) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)
- ISBN:
- 9780812293296
- 0812293290
- OCLC:
- 961433589
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