Charity After Empire

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British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion? Charity After Empire traces the history of humanitarian agencies such as Oxfam, Save the Children and Christian Aid. It shows how they obtained a permanent presence in the alleviation of global poverty, why they were supported by the public and how they were embraced by governments in Britain and across Africa. Through several fascinating life stories and illuminating case studies across the UK and in countries such as Botswana, Zimbabwe and Kenya, Hilton explains how the racial politics of Southern Africa shaped not only the history of international aid but also the meaning of charity and its role in the alleviation of poverty both at home and abroad. In doing so, he makes a powerful case for the importance of charity in the shaping of modern Britain over the extended decades of decolonization in the latter half of the twentieth century.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-19
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt784 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieModern British Histories
Antal sidor462
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009675109

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'Charity after Empire skilfully unravels the messy, complicated, ambivalent, classed, racialized and anti-racial histories of charities across new times from post 1945 to decolonisation and development. Stories of individuals and institutions, domestic political economy and the geo-political world, tell of the many agents engaged in shaping contemporary UK humanitarian sensibilities.' Catherine Hall, author of Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism

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