Britannia's embrace : modern humanitarianism and the imperial origins of refugee relief / Caroline Shaw.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190201012 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Political refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Humanitarianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Refugees -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Asylum, Right of -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
| Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190200985DDC classification: 362.8780941 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: '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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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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