Britannia's Embrace PDF book is popular History book written by Caroline Shaw. The book was released by Oxford University Press, USA on 2015 with total hardcover pages 329. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Britannia's Embrace by Caroline Shaw in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Britannia's Embrace revises current understandings about the origins of refuge, which have focused exclusively on the period post-1914. It argues that the respo
On the eve of the American Revolution, the refugee was, according to British tradition, a Protestant who sought shelter from continental persecution. By the tur
'Britannia's Embrace' offers the first historical examination of the origins of refuge for persecuted foreigners. It argues that this modern humanitarian norm -
How the suppression of the slave trade and the “disposal” of liberated Africans shaped the emergence of modern humanitarianism Between 1808 and 1867, the Br
An essential starting point for anyone wanting to learn about life in the largest empire in history, this two-volume work encapsulates the imperial experience f
