Title Britannia's embrace : modern humanitarianism and the imperial origins of refugee relief / Caroline Shaw

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Britannia's Embrace; Part I The Rise of Liberal Refuge; One Catholic Émigrés and the Protestant Nation ⋅ ; Two The Consolation of Refuge; Three Telling Stories, Taking Action; Four Taking Refuge in Empire; Five Colonial Refuge in the Metropolitan Eye ⋅ ; Part II A National Tradition or a Universal Right? Refuge and the Law; Six Heroes, Villains, and the Parameters of Political Asylum; Seven The Limits of Imperial Humanitarianism; Eight Hardening the Humanitarian Heart; Conclusion: Moral Politics and the Quest for a Language of Right Summary 'Britannia's Embrace' offers the first historical examination of the origins of refuge for persecuted foreigners. It argues that this modern humanitarian norm - the responsibility to protect foreign refugees of any race, class, politics, or creed - developed in nineteenth-century Britain through a popular movement that equated the provision of refuge with a national liberal identity and compelled even the most powerful politicians to heed its demands. The public's moral enthusiasm for foreign refugees ironically drew strength from the political and physical resources of the British Empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 26, 2015) Subject Refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Political refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Humanitarianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Refugees -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Asylum, Right of -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Asylum, Right of Emigration and immigration Humanitarianism Imperialism -- Social aspects Liberalism Political refugees Politics and government Refugees Refugees -- Government policy SUBJECT Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056911 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190201012 0190201010 9780190200992 0190200995

Other Titles Modern humanitarianism and the imperial origins of refugee relief

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