Emmanuel Destenay (Sorbonne University)

America's French Orphans

Mobilization, Humanitarianism, and the Protection of France, 1914-1921

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Produktbeschreibung

This unique study explores American support of destitute French children during and after World War I. It will interest scholars and students of World War I, humanitarianism, American society, childhood, and women's studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781009517898
• ISBN-10: 1009517899
• Artikelnr.: 70601650

Autorenporträt

Emmanuel Destenay is a research fellow at Sorbonne University and is specialized in World War I. He has contributed articles to numerous journals in both French and English and is the author of Shadows from the Trenches: Veterans of the Great War and the Irish Revolution (1918-1923).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Rescuing and sheltering: the wartime colonies
2. Mobilizing support for France's fatherless children
3. Defending the future of France
4. Writing in wartime
5. Peace, remobilization, and memorialization
6. Rebuilding devastated France
Conclusion how (and why) Americans (and their children) answered France's call
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.