A Complicated Kindness: The Iowa Famine Relief Movement and the Myth of Midwestern (and American) Isolationism

The Iowa famine relief movement represented a genuinely humanitarian-inspired venture but was driven by a complex mixture of transnational, material and spiritual motivations. A comprehensive examination of the Iowa famine relief movement and its relevance to Midwestern, and American, isolationism i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Historian (London) 2011-09, Vol.73 (3), p.480-502
1. Verfasser:	Bloodworth, Jeff
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agriculture - economics Agriculture - education Agriculture - history American history Crops Famine Farm commodities Food crops Food Supply - economics Food Supply - history Foreign policy Governors History History of medicine History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Humanitarian aid International relations-US Internationalism Isolationism Liberalism Midwestern United States - ethnology Nonprofit organizations Politics Public Assistance - economics Public Assistance - history Relief Work - economics Relief Work - history Starvation - economics Starvation - ethnology Starvation - history Written correspondence
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Zusammenfassung:	The Iowa famine relief movement represented a genuinely humanitarian-inspired venture but was driven by a complex mixture of transnational, material and spiritual motivations. A comprehensive examination of the Iowa famine relief movement and its relevance to Midwestern, and American, isolationism in the late 19th century is presented.
ISSN:	0018-2370 0265-1076 1540-6563
DOI:	10.1111/j.1540-6563.2011.00298.x