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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer M. MorrisPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.413kg ISBN: 9780739176245ISBN 10: 0739176242 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 16 April 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter One: Charity for Children Chapter Two: Continuing the Tradition: The United Nations and Postwar Relief for Children, 1946 Chapter Three: A Plan of Work Chapter Four: Feeding Children Chapter Five: Medical Treatment for Children Chapter Six: Continuing the Work for ChildrenReviewsThe Origins of UNICEF, 1946-1953 is an important analysis of global organization in the Cold War era. In tracing UNICEF's evolution from temporary institution to permanent status, Morris shows us not just how international politics, and particularly US policy, influenced this organization, but how US and Western cultural concepts of the family were packaged with relief work. Morris' book is a reminder that even the most seemingly apolitical gestures of philanthropy are laden with political and cultural meaning. -- Krista Sigler, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College Jennifer Morris takes us back to the origins of a relief organization dedicated to the noblest of causes: the health of children and their mothers. We see inside UNICEF's creation after World War II. Dr. Morris also has great coverage of the organization's first director, Maurice Pate. It's important we know this history as the struggle for the basic rights of nutrition and health for children and mothers continues to this day. -- William Lambers, Author and journalist The Origins of UNICEF, 1946-1953 is an important analysis of global organization in the Cold War era. In tracing UNICEF's evolution from temporary institution to permanent status, Morris shows us not just how international politics, and particularly US policy, influenced this organization, but how US and Western cultural concepts of the family were packaged with relief work. Morris' book is a reminder that even the most seemingly apolitical gestures of philanthropy are laden with political and cultural meaning. -- Krista Sigler, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College Jennifer Morris takes us back to the origins of a relief organization dedicated to the noblest of causes: the health of children and their mothers. We see inside UNICEF's creation after World War II. Dr. Morris also has great coverage of the organization's first director, Maurice Pate. It's important we know this history as the struggle for the basic rights of nutrition and health for children and mothers continues to this day. -- William Lambers, expert on the UN and world hunger, and author of Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World Author InformationJennifer M. Morris is associate professor of European, world, and women's history at Mount St. Joseph University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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