Saving the Children, 19: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire Baughan Emily
Saving the Children, 19: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire Baughan Emily Saving the Children explores the intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism through the history of…
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Saving the Children, 19: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire Baughan Emily
Saving the Children explores the intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism through the history of the humanitarian organization Save the Children, from its formation during the First World War through the era of decolonization. Emily Baughan's groundbreaking analysis, across fifty years and eighteen countries, shows that Britain's desire to create an international order favorable to its imperial rule shaped international humanitarianism. Whereas Save the Children claimed that it was "saving children to save the world," the vision of the world it sought to save was a strictly delimited one, characterized by international capitalism and colonial rule.
In revealing that modern humanitarianism and its conception of childhood are products of the early twentieth-century imperial economy, Saving the Children argues that the contemporary aid sector must reckon with
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