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OverviewIn dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva conventions, and founded and ran the American Red Cross. ""The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal"" tells the story of the charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, natural disasters, and the Depression, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Marian Moser Jones illustrates the tension between the organization's founding principles of humanity and neutrality and the political, economic, and moral pressures that sometimes caused it to favor one group at the expense of another. This expansive book narrates the stories of: U.S. natural disasters such as the Jacksonville yellow fever epidemic of 1888, the Sea Islands hurricane of 1893, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; crises abroad, including the 1892 Russian famine and the Armenian massacres of 1895-96; efforts to help civilians affected by the civil war in Cuba; power struggles within the American Red Cross leadership and subsequent alliances with the American government; the organization's expansion during World War I; race riots in East St. Louis, Chicago, and Tulsa between 1917 and 1921; help for African American and white Southerners after the Mississippi flood of 1927; and relief projects during the Dust Bowl and after the New Deal. An epilogue relates the history of the American Red Cross since the beginning of World War II and illuminates the organization's current practices as well as its international reputation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marian Moser Jones (University of Maryland College Park)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9781421407388ISBN 10: 1421407388 Pages: 404 Publication Date: 28 February 2013 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , 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 ContentsIntroduction Chronology Part I: The Barton Era 1. Miss Barton Goes to Washington 2. Transatlantic Transplant 3. National Calamities 4. The Misfortunes of Other Nations 5. Cuba and Controversy Part II: The Boardman 6. Barton versus Boardman 7. Shifting Ground 8. Establishment 9. Fighting on Two Fronts Part III: Between the Wars 10. Triage for Terror 11. Baptism in Mud 12. Scorched Earth 13. A New Deal for Disasters Epilogue: Blood and Grit Acknowledgments Notes List of Archival Sources IndexReviewsTraces the organization's history from its founding in 1881 to the 1930s. The Chronicle Review 2013 Traces the organization's history from its founding in 1881 to the 1930s. The Chronicle Review 2013 A cogent review of the complicated evolution of the American Red Cross... Jones skillfully dissects the origins, principles, and practices shaping the contemporary ARC... The book is especially strong in explaining how national and international situations enhanced the ARC's possibilities and constrained its potential. -- Rima D. Apple, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine 2013 Traces the organization's history from its founding in 1881 to the 1930s. The Chronicle Review A cogent review of the complicated evolution of the American Red Cross... Jones skillfully dissects the origins, principles, and practices shaping the contemporary ARC... The book is especially strong in explaining how national and international situations enhanced the ARC's possibilities and constrained its potential. -- Rima D. Apple, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine Jones has, therefore, written a significant book that should challenge historians to consider anew the intertwined development of national disaster responses and social welfare policies, and to better understand the inherent complexity of humanitarian aid -- Branden Little H-SHGAPE, H-Net Reviews Jones's book is a valuable narrative and reference for scholars of humanitarianism, disaster, and volunteerism. -- Jacob A. C. Remes Journal of American History Author InformationMarian Moser Jones is an assistant professor of family science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She is a former DeWitt Stetten Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Office of History. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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