Description: The Politics of Service: American Quakers and the Emergence of International Humanitarian Aid 1917�1945 [Hardcover] Maul, Daniel Product Overview This book provides the first comprehensive history of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the central aid agency of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, from 1917 to 1945. Implying a thoroughly transnational approach, it sheds a light on the important role American Quakers played in the emergence of a humanitarian sector both within the USA and beyond. Through the Quaker lens the book adresses important tensions inherent to the history of humanitarianism in the 20th century: Following the AFSCs aid operations from the First World War, through post-war Germany and Soviet Russia to the Spanish Civil War and into the Second World War, it deals with the AFSC’s conflicting roles as a specifically American aid organization on the one hand and its position within transnational religious and pacifist networks on the other and it opens a window to processes of professionalization, the development of a humanitarian “market place” and the complex relationship of religious and secular strands in the history of international relief. Read more Details Publisher : Walter de Gruyter; 1st edition (July 22, 2024) Language : English Hardcover : 344 pages ISBN-10 : 3110675595 ISBN-13 : 97 Item Weight : 1.56 pounds Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.94 x 9.21 inches Best Sellers Rank: #5,236,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #45,869 in Historical Study (Books) #86,631 in European History (Books) #133,034 in World History (Books) #45,869 in Historical Study (Books) #86,631 in European History (Books) Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 3110675595
ISBN10: 3110675595
ISBN13: 9783110675597
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Brand: Walter de Gruyter, Inc.
GTIN: 09783110675597
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Politics of Service : American Quakers and the Emergence of International Humanitarian Aid 1917-1945
Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Modern / 20th Century, Christianity / Denominations, Social History, Europe / General
Item Weight: 21.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Daniel MAUL
Subject Area: Religion, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
