Humanitarianism in nineteenth-century context: religious, gendered, national
This article surveys the wave of new historical and political-science literature exploring humanitarianism and the ‘pre-history’ of human rights in the long nineteenth century, noting the presentist assumptions underpinning much of this literature. On the one hand, histories of humanitarianism have...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Published: |
Cambridge University Press
2014
|