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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Amanda B. Moniz (Assistant Director, Assistant Director, National History Center and American Historical Association)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780190240356ISBN 10: 0190240350 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 04 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsMoniz's study is innovative; it opens a clear, usable path for further research into Enlightenment-era humanitarianism, and non-state Anglo-American relations following the Treaty of Paris of 1783. * Patrick Lacroix, Human Rights Review * Extensively researched, meticulously documented, and elegantly phrased * Bela Kashyap, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society * fascinating, very well researched ... Highly recommended. * CHOICE * This bold book begs as many questions, and some concerns, as it does open new vistas. One inheres in Moniz's method. Her marvelous tales of self-sacrificing doctors give readers a view of the challenges and meanings of religious and professional dedication. * Jeremy Adelman, Diplomatic History * This path-breaking study takes an original, transatlantic approach to the era of the American Revolution. Through the story of philanthropic initiatives in the First British Empire and in the new American republic, it tracks the expansion and contraction of social sympathies, humanitarian projects, and national loyalties across a changing Atlantic world. The period from the 1730s to the 1820s marked the first great age of humanitarianism in the West, and in recovering its history, Amanda Moniz reveals vividly the origins of the modern ideal of universal human rights. -Robert A. Gross, author of The Minutemen and Their World From Empire to Humanity affords an excellent window onto the role of philanthropy in holding the British empire together and maintaining Anglo-American relations in the aftermath of the Revolution, providing fresh insights into Atlantic history. -Kathleen McCarthy, author of American Creed: Philanthropy and the Rise of Civil Society, 1700-1865 A distinctively activist-driven and Atlantic account of philanthropy in a revolutionary age. Amanda Moniz offers us a compelling reinterpretation of the much-touted origins of modern humanitarianism. -Sarah Knott, author of Sensibility and the American Revolution From Empire to Humanity is a fascinating account of humanitarianism in the Anglo-American region at its infancy. By situating humanitarianism in both a transnational and national context, and by examining humanitarianism both before and after the American Revolution, Moniz gracefully recovers its many, and at times contradictory, purposes. -Michael Barnett, author of Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism This path-breaking study takes an original, transatlantic approach to the era of the American Revolution. Through the story of philanthropic initiatives in the First British Empire and in the new American republic, it tracks the expansion and contraction of social sympathies, humanitarian projects, and national loyalties across a changing Atlantic world. The period from the 1730s to the 1820s marked the first great age of humanitarianism in the West, and in recovering its history, Amanda Moniz reveals vividly the origins of the modern ideal of universal human rights. -Robert A. Gross, author of <em>The Minutemen and Their World</em> <em>From Empire to Humanity</em> affords an excellent window onto the role of philanthropy in holding the British empire together and maintaining Anglo-American relations in the aftermath of the Revolution, providing fresh insights into Atlantic history. -Kathleen McCarthy, author of <em>American Creed: </em> <em>Philanthropy and the Rise of Civil Society, 1700-1865</em> A distinctively activist-driven and Atlantic account of philanthropy in a revolutionary age. Amanda Moniz offers us a compelling reinterpretation of the much-touted origins of modern humanitarianism. -Sarah Knott, author of <em>Sensibility and the American Revolution</em> <em>From Empire to Humanity</em> is a fascinating account of humanitarianism in the Anglo-American region at its infancy. By situating humanitarianism in both a transnational and national context, and by examining humanitarianism both before and after the American Revolution, Moniz gracefully recovers its many, and at times contradictory, purposes. -Michael Barnett, author of <em>Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism</em> This bold book begs as many questions, and some concerns, as it does open new vistas. One inheres in Moniz's method. Her marvelous tales of self-sacrificing doctors give readers a view of the challenges and meanings of religious and professional dedication. Jeremy Adelman, Diplomatic History Author InformationAmanda B. Moniz is the David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan and held a Cassius Marcellus Clay Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale University. Moniz is the recipient of the inaugural Peter Dobkin Hall History of Philanthropy Prize. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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