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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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Bibliographie D'histoire de L'art
Author: The Dictionary of Art
Author: Jane TurnerAbove the Fray
Author: Shai M. DromiPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022668024X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year. Policy makers and activists often assume that humanitarian aid is best provided by these organizations, which are generally seen as impartial and neutral. In Above the Fray, Shai M. Dromi investigates why the international community overwhelmingly trusts humanitarian NGOs by looking at the historical development of their culture. With a particular focus on the Red Cross, Dromi reveals that NGOs arose because of the efforts of orthodox Calvinists, demonstrating for the first time the origins of the unusual moral culture that has supported NGOs for the past 150 years. Drawing on archival research, Dromi traces the genesis of the Red Cross to a Calvinist movement working in mid-nineteenth-century Geneva. He shows how global humanitarian policies emerged from the Red Cross founding members’ faith that an international volunteer program not beholden to the state was the only ethical way to provide relief to victims of armed conflict. By illustrating how Calvinism shaped the humanitarian field, Dromi argues for the key role belief systems play in establishing social fields and institutions. Ultimately, Dromi shows the immeasurable social good that NGOs have achieved, but also points to their limitations and suggests that alternative models of humanitarian relief need to be considered.
United States Geological Survey Yearbook
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
German Expressionism
Author: Jill LloydPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300043730
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Primitivism versus modernity: the expressionist dilemma - Politics of primitivism - Brucke bathers: back to nature - Max Pechstein's visionary ideas - Emil Nolded.
Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings
Author: John Denison ChamplinPublisher:
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Bibliography of Fishes
Author: Bashford DeanPublisher:
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Dürer and Beyond
Author: Stijn AlsteensPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394514
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"This exhibition is the first to offer an extensive overview of the Museum's holdings of early Central European drawings, many of which were acquired in the last two decades. An emphasis on works by later sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists is balanced by a selection of German drawings from the fifteenth and earlier sixteenth century, of which some of the most exceptional ones--including works by Albrecht Deurer--entered the Museum with The Robert Lehman Collection in 1975."--Publisher's website.
Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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