Britannia's embrace : modern humanitarianism and the imperial origins of refugee relief
Shaw, CarolineAuthor
'Britannia's Embrace' offers the first historical examination of the origins of refuge for persecuted foreigners. It argues that this modern humanitarian norm - the responsibility to protect foreign refugees of any race, class, politics, or creed - developed in nineteenth-century Britain through a popular movement that equated the provision of refuge with a national liberal identity and compelled even the most powerful politicians to heed its demands. The public's moral enthusiasm for foreign refugees ironically drew strength from the political and physical resources of the British Empire.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Britannia's Embrace' offers the first historical examination of the origins of refuge for persecuted foreigners. It argues that this modern humanitarian norm - the responsibility to protect foreign refugees of any race, class, politics, or creed - developed in nineteenth-century Britain through a popular movement that equated the provision of refuge with a national liberal identity and compelled even the most powerful politicians to heed its demands. The public's moral enthusiasm for foreign refugees ironically drew strength from the political and physical resources of the British Empire.
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Introduction: Britannia's Embrace -- Part I. The Rise of Liberal Refuge -- Catholic Émigrés and the Protestant Nation -- The Consolation of Refuge -- Telling Stories, Taking Action -- Taking Refuge in Empire -- Colonial Refuge in the Metropolitan Eye -- Part II. A National Tradition or a Universal Right? : Refuge and the Law -- Heroes, Villains, and the Parameters of Political Asylum -- Probing the Limits of Imperial Humanitarianism -- Hardening the Humanitarian Heart -- Conclusion: Moral Politics and the Quest for a Language of Right.
Refugees
Political refugees
Humanitarianism
Refugees
Asylum, Right of
Imperialism
Liberalism
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Social Welfare & Social Work - General