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Britannia's Embrace: Modern Humanitarianism and the Imperial Origins of Refugee Relief
Britannia's Embrace Modern Humanitarianism and the Imperial Origins of Refugee Relief
Author: Caroline Shaw
On the eve of the American Revolution, the refugee was, according to British tradition, a Protestant who sought shelter from continental persecution. By the turn of the twentieth century, however, British refuge would be celebrated internationally as being open to all persecuted foreigners. Britain had become a haven for fugitives as diverse as ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780190200985
ISBN-10: 0190200987
Publication Date: 8/3/2015
Pages: 328
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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