Title Feeding the mind : humanitarianism and the reconstruction of European intellectual life, 1919-1933 / Tomás Irish, Swansea University

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 ©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare. Contents 1919 : Rebuilding Civilization -- Feeding Bodies : Food Relief And 'The Most Deplorable Victims Of The War' -- Feeding The Mind : The Post-war Book Crisis -- Knowledge Displaced -- Books and Buildings : The Reconstruction of Libraries After The First World War -- Who Were The Intellectuals? -- Beyond 1933 Summary "In the aftermath of the cataclysm of the First World War, politicians, philanthropists and humanitarians directed aid to Europe's intellectuals and their shattered institutions to stabilise the continent's democracies and preserve international peace. This groundbreaking book tells the story of the postwar rebuilding of European intellectual life"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2023) Subject Humanitarianism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Libraries and institutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Civilization Humanitarianism Intellectual life Libraries and institutions SUBJECT Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045730 Europe -- Civilization -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045640 Subject Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2023020521 ISBN 9781009128476 1009128477

Other Titles Humanitarianism and the reconstruction of European intellectual life, 1919-1933

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