Cabanes, Bruno.
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Part of the series Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare;Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-359) and index.
• Introduction: Human disasters : humanitarianism and the transnational turn in the wake of World War I — Right, not charity : René Cassin and war victims — Justice and peace : Albert Thomas, the International Labor Organization, and the dream of a transnational politics of social rights — The tragedy of being stateless : Fridtjof Nansen and the rights of refugees — The hungry and the sick : Herbert Hoover, the Russian famine, and the professionalization of humanitarian aid — Humanitarianism old and new : Eglantyne Jebb and children’s rights — Conclusion: Human dignity : from humanitarian rights to human rights.

Subjects:

• Humanitarianism — History — 20th century.
• Philanthropists — History — 20th century.
• World War, 1914-1918.
• Basic needs — History — 20th century.
• Human rights — History — 20th century.

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