Free World? - The Campaign to Save the World''s Refugees, 1956-1963

Informationen zum Autor Peter Gatrell is Professor of Economic History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include Homelands: War, Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918–1924 (co-edited, 2004), and Warlands: Population Resettlement and State Reconstruction in the Soviet-East European Borderlands, 1945–1950 (co-edited, 2008). Klappentext Unique study of a postwar campaign by the UN, NGOs, governments and individuals to address the global refugee crisis. Zusammenfassung Free World? is a major contribution to the transnational history of humanitarianism in the postwar world. Peter Gatrell shows how and why the UN! NGOs! governments and individuals embarked on a unique campaign! World Refugee Year (1959-60)! in response to refugee crises in Europe! the Middle East and the Far East. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Free World?; 2. Sites of confrontation, crucibles of displacement: towards World Refugee Year; 3. World Refugee Year: the politics of a global campaign; 4. World Refugee Year presences and absences; 5. Bricks or dynamite? Achievements, disappointments, opportunities; Conclusion. Global politics, humanitarianism and refugees in the modern era.

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• Authors: Peter Gatrell, Peter (University of Manchester) Gatrell, Gatrell Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9781107002401
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00240-1
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, International Relations, c 1960 to c 1970, Aid & relief programmes, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1960 to c 1969, Refugees and political asylum, C 1945 To C 1960, Refugees & Political Asylum, Famine, Aid and relief programmes, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)