Joy Damousi

The Humanitarians

Child War Refugees and Australian Humanitarianism in a Transnational World, 1919-1975

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Produktbeschreibung

Spanning six decades from the formation of the Save the Children Fund in 1919 to the International Year of the Child in 1979, The Humanitarians maps the national and international humanitarian efforts undertaken by Australians on behalf of child refugees.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 361
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108987363
• ISBN-10: 1108987362
• Artikelnr.: 72489494

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.