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Britannia's embrace modern humanitarianism and the imperial origins of refugee relief /

'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 Brit...

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Main Author: Shaw, Caroline, 1979-
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Subjects:
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.
Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.

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