The Humanitarians: Child War Refugees and Australian Humanitarianism in a Transnational World, 1919-1975

by Joy Damousi

Spanning six decades from the formation of the Save the Children Fund in 1919 to humanitarian interventions during the Vietnam War, The Humanitarians maps the national and international humanitarian efforts undertaken by Australians on behalf of child refugees. In this longitudinal study, Joy Damousi explores the shifting forms of humanitarian activity related to war refugee children over the twentieth century, from child sponsorship, the establishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110883390X
• ISBN13: 9781108833905
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"