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By: Jonathan Benthall

ISBN: 9780719099724
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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By: Silvia Salvatici

ISBN: 9781526120168
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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The book traces the history of international aid from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. The reconstruction of humanitarianism's long pattern unfolds around some crucial moments and events: the colonial expansion of European countries, the two world wars and their aftermaths, the emergence of a new postcolonial order. -- .


(Hardback)

By: Silvia Salvatici

ISBN: 9781526120144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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The book traces the history of international aid from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. The reconstruction of humanitarianism's long pattern unfolds around some crucial moments and events: the colonial expansion of European countries, the two world wars and their aftermaths, the emergence of a new postcolonial order. -- .


(Paperback)

By: Joanne Laycock

ISBN: 9781526179050
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book critically examines the history of humanitarianism and intervention on behalf of Armenia and Armenians from the late nineteenth century to the post-Soviet era. Examining a diverse set of case studies, the contributors show how the case of Armenia informs histories of humanitarianism and, in turn, how the history of humanitarianism illuminates the history of Armenia.


(Hardback)

By: Joanne Laycock

ISBN: 9781526142207
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book critically examines the history of humanitarianism and intervention on behalf of Armenia and Armenians from the late nineteenth century to the post-Soviet era. Examining a diverse set of case studies, the contributors show how the case of Armenia informs histories of humanitarianism and, in turn, how the history of humanitarianism illuminates the history of Armenia.


(Hardback)

By: Rebecca Gill

ISBN: 9780719078101
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2013
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. The author draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of nineteenth-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today. -- .


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By: Mary Venner

ISBN: 9781784992729
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2016
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book looks beyond the apparently united and generally self-congratulatory statements of The United Nations, other major multinational organisations and many large bilateral aid donors to examine what actually happened when they tried to work together in restoring stability and establishing governance in the territory.


(Hardback)

By: Anne-Meike Fechter

ISBN: 9781526172105
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Offers an accessible account of everyday humanitarianism in Cambodia, as well as wider insights into how people link local actions to global challenges.


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By: Michael Lawrence

ISBN: 9781526117298
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2019
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This collection interrogates representations of humanitarian crisis, catastrophe and care from the mid-twentieth century to the present across a range of media forms. -- .


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By: Jean-Herv Bradol

ISBN: 9781784993054
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Throughout the 1990s, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) faced challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. This book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field. -- .


(Paperback)

By: Jean-Herv Bradol

ISBN: 9781526115515
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Throughout the 1990s, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) faced challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. This book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field. -- .


(Paperback)

By: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

ISBN: 9781526173355
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Digital initiatives aimed towards fixing the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism.


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By: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

ISBN: 9781526165824
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Digital initiatives aimed towards fixing the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism.


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By: Alexis Heraclides

ISBN: 9780719089909
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .


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By: Alexis Heraclides

ISBN: 9781526133823
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .


(Hardback)

By: Elisabeth Piller

ISBN: 9781526173249
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book offers fresh perspectives on the history of humanitarianism and its impact on domestic and international politics in the era of the Great War.


(Hardback)

By: Jonathan Benthall

ISBN: 9781784993085
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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By: Vanja Kovacic

ISBN: 9781526161611
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Through the narrations of war-injured individuals and MSF humanitarian workers, the book explores healing and rehabilitation process in all its complex forms: physically, emotionally and symbolically.


(Hardback)

By: Eric James

ISBN: 9780719097232
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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(Hardback)

By: Heike Wieters

ISBN: 9781526117212
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 13th July 2017
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book on the humanitarian NGO CARE offers a unique historical insight into the successes and crises of one of the major private humanitarian players throughout the second half of the 20th century. -- .


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By: Heike Wieters

ISBN: 9781526129727
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book on the humanitarian NGO CARE offers a unique historical insight into the successes and crises of one of the major private humanitarian players throughout the second half of the twentieth century. -- .


(Paperback)

By: Anne-Meike Fechter

ISBN: 9781526191328
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Offers an accessible account of everyday humanitarianism in Cambodia, as well as wider insights into how people link local actions to global challenges.


(Hardback)

By: Lola Wilhelm

ISBN: 9781526180995
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2025
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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From the Alpine pastureland of late nineteenth century Switzerland to the hospitals of post-independence West Africa, Nestle and the shaping of the aid industry tells the story of how Nestle earned a seat at the table of international aid, and uncovers the long-forgotten alliances and controversies that continue to shape the aid industry today.


(Hardback)

By: Clara Egger

ISBN: 9781526177957
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Hierarchies and exclusion in humanitarianism analyses through diverse disciplinary perspectives and methods - how hierarchies, power asymmetries and exclusion emerge, are maintained and can ultimately be challenged in humanitarian governance. It informs current efforts to increase inclusiveness and equity in humanitarian practice.

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