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The Origins of Global Humanitarianism: Religion, Empires, and Advocacy - Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics Stamatov, Peter (Yale University, Connecticut)
The Origins of Global Humanitarianism: Religion, Empires, and Advocacy - Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
Stamatov, Peter (Yale University, Connecticut)
How, when, and why did ordinary people began to care for the fate of distant strangers? This book addresses these questions by reconstructing, for the first time, the historical origins of global humanitarianism. Peter Stamatov investigates these origins in the context of European overseas imperialism between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
246 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 9, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107521674 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Genre | Aspects (Academic) > Ethical |
| Pages | 246 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 19 mm · 380 g |
| Language | English |