Acts of Aid - Eleonor Marcussen

Acts of Aid

Politics of Relief and Reconstruction in the 1934 Bihar–Nepal Earthquake
Buch | Hardcover
300 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-83809-2 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
Acts of Aid analyses the relationship between civil society, international organisations and the colonial state in disaster relief and reconstruction and the questions it gives rise to about the impact of aid on social groups, communities and inequality.
This socio-political history on the aftermath of the 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake explores disaster aid, relief, and reconstruction and the questions they give rise to about class, communities and inequality. The book traces disaster responses across the twentieth century in order to demonstrate how they were embedded in political processes transcending the event of the earthquake. Aid, relief and reconstruction mirrored political agendas and ideas that articulated both changes and continuities by the colonial state, civil society and international organisations. The impact of the earthquake and aid in its wake varied widely according to social groups, ethnicity and gender in the aftermath. By studying the effects of the earthquake on communities directly affected and society, the author argues that we can come closer to an understanding of the role political, social and cultural factors held in shaping resilience to natural disasters. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Eleonor Marcussen is a Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the Department of Cultural Sciences and LNU Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Her research interests include humanitarianism, historical disasters, governance and infrastructure.

List of Maps; List of Images; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction: Experiencing the Extraordinary and the Ordinary; 2. Responses and Responsibilities in Emergency Relief; 3. From Local to National Politics of Relief; 4. Colonial Relations in Aid; 5. Categories of Victims; 6. Congested and Contested Spaces; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 161 x 237 mm
Gewicht 610 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-108-83809-X / 110883809X
ISBN-13 978-1-108-83809-2 / 9781108838092
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