Humanitarians - Child War Refugees Australian Humanitarianism in a Transnational

List of contents

Introduction: The humanitarians: War refugee children, humanitarianism, and transnationalism; Part I. Saving: 1. Save the Children Fund in the Antipodes: Cecilia John, Meredith Atkinson and the paradox of child-saving politics; 2. The Australasian Orphanage at Antilyas: Near East Relief and American networks 1920s-1930; Part II. Evacuating: 3. Humanitarianism and child refugee sponsorship: The Spanish Civil War and Esme Odgers; 4. Campaigns to evacuate Jewish child refugees; 5. British child evacuees to Australia; 6. Aileen Fitzpatrick and reuniting Greek families separated by war; Part III. Assimilating and adopting: 7. Humanitarian rights: UN World Refugee Year and UNICEF in Australia; 8. Florence Grylls and Save the Children Fund: Humanitarianism in the assimilation era; 9. The campaign for Japanese-Australian children to enter Australia; 10. Humanitarian 'justice': Max Harris and the Australian Foster Parents Plan in Asia; 11. Humanitarian activism: The Vietnam War, Rosemary Taylor, Elaine Moir and Margaret Moses; Conclusion.

About the author

Joy Damousi is Director of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University.

Product details

• Authors: Joy Damousi, Joy (Australian Catholic University Damousi, Joy (University of Melbourne) Damousi, Damousi Joy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781108833905
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83390-5
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Aid & relief programmes, Australasian & Pacific history, Refugees and political asylum, Australasian and Pacific history, Refugees & Political Asylum, Aid and relief programmes