The Politics of Service : American Quakers and the Emergence of International Humanitarian Aid 1917-1945 / Daniel Maul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maul, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Society of Friends.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2024]

Summary:

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the central aid agency of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, from 1917 to 1945.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction: Humanitarian Identity and the Politics of Service

1 "Lay upon us the burden of the world's suffering": Quaker Humanitarianism before the First World War

2 Constructive Service: The First World War and the Founding of the American Friends Service Committee

3 A New Pennsylvania: The Quäkerspeisung in Germany 1919-1923

4 Swallowed by Lions and Eagles: The AFSC in the Soviet Union 1921-1923

5 What's the Message? The AFSC between Home and Foreign Service 1919-1935

6 The Quakerly Approach at Its Limits: The AFSC and Nazi Germany 1933-1939

7 Contested Neutrality: The AFSC in the Spanish Civil War

8 Everyone's Friend? The AFSC, the Second World War, and the Tensions of Humanitarian Aid Twenty-Five Years On

Archival Sources

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110675795

OCLC:

1451799944