Humanitarian Internationalism under Empire : The Global Evolution of the Japanese Red Cross Movement, 1877-1945.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suzuki, Michiko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nihon Sekijūjisha.

Humanitarianism--Japan--History--20th century.

Humanitarianism.

Japan--History--1868-.

Japan.

Japan--History--1926-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and through it offers a new account of the humanitarian movement in modern Japan.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Responding to Crises: A People's Humanitarian Movement

2. Internationalism in Crisis: The Fifteenth International Conference of the Red Cross in Tokyo, 1934

3. Transnational Humanitarian Movement: The Japanese Red Cross Society Overseas

4. Beyond Empire: The Japanese Red Cross Society in Hawai'i and Brazil

5. The Japanese Red Cross Society and World War II: Civilian Casualties, Internees, and Prisoners of War

6. Nuclear Emergency: Japanese Red Cross Society Nurses' in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945

Conclusion

Appendix 1. Resolutions of the XVth International Red Cross Conference

Appendix 2. Draft International Convention on the Condition and Protection of Civilians, Tokyo, 1934

Note on Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780231559010

0231559011

OCLC:

1446804275