Chŏng Yagyong
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520260917
- eISBN:
- 9780520947702
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520260917.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
The English translation of six chapters in Book XI of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is shown here. The chapters discuss the following: preparation of relief supplies, ...
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The English translation of six chapters in Book XI of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is shown here. The chapters discuss the following: preparation of relief supplies, solicitation of contributions, the extent of relief measures, setting up camps and organizing relief activities, additional measures for dealing with famine, and concluding relief operations.Less
The English translation of six chapters in Book XI of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is shown here. The chapters discuss the following: preparation of relief supplies, solicitation of contributions, the extent of relief measures, setting up camps and organizing relief activities, additional measures for dealing with famine, and concluding relief operations.
David K. Twigg
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813041889
- eISBN:
- 9780813043890
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813041889.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
As announced in chapter 4, three cabinet members, the governor, and the lieutenant governor were in office and about to seek reelection when Andrew struck. In the wake of the hurricane, incumbent ...
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As announced in chapter 4, three cabinet members, the governor, and the lieutenant governor were in office and about to seek reelection when Andrew struck. In the wake of the hurricane, incumbent campaigns adjusted for the continuing recovery efforts in South Dade. The significant responses of these officials after Hurricane Andrew, their success at bringing substantial resources into South Dade to help with the initial relief and with longer term recovery efforts, improved their images among South Dade voters. To a large extent, they became heroes to that part of their constituencies. Similarly, the 1992 presidential candidate Ross Perot, who had provided substantial financial and rhetorical support for the Salvation Army's hurricane relief efforts in South Dade, earned greater vote share in South Dade than further north in the county.Less
As announced in chapter 4, three cabinet members, the governor, and the lieutenant governor were in office and about to seek reelection when Andrew struck. In the wake of the hurricane, incumbent campaigns adjusted for the continuing recovery efforts in South Dade. The significant responses of these officials after Hurricane Andrew, their success at bringing substantial resources into South Dade to help with the initial relief and with longer term recovery efforts, improved their images among South Dade voters. To a large extent, they became heroes to that part of their constituencies. Similarly, the 1992 presidential candidate Ross Perot, who had provided substantial financial and rhetorical support for the Salvation Army's hurricane relief efforts in South Dade, earned greater vote share in South Dade than further north in the county.
Bridget Ford
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469626222
- eISBN:
- 9781469628028
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469626222.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
The Civil War presented Cincinnatians and Louisvillians with formidable tests of loyalty. Allegiances remained precarious in both places as the challenges of rapid mobilization, political dissent, ...
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The Civil War presented Cincinnatians and Louisvillians with formidable tests of loyalty. Allegiances remained precarious in both places as the challenges of rapid mobilization, political dissent, and emancipation pressed against fragile bonds of union. But as this chapter reveals, residents of both cities practiced forms of allegiance through their relief work to Union soldiers. This work helped border state residents establish bonds with those in northern states who suffered and sacrificed. Rhetorically, the relief work also fashioned powerful identities between civilians and soldiers to repair the violent ruptures of war. Furthermore, this chapter argues that black and white Unionists pressed for an abolitionist interpretation of the conflict, making emancipation a means of national reunification. Black military service proved the most conspicuous example of the war’s new allegiances. In Louisville, black military service and white ideological support helped to make emancipation and the hope of citizenship rights a reality in Kentucky, even if still a bitterly contested one. The physical and rhetorical work on behalf of the Union described in this chapter precluded Kentucky’s departure from the national fold.Less
The Civil War presented Cincinnatians and Louisvillians with formidable tests of loyalty. Allegiances remained precarious in both places as the challenges of rapid mobilization, political dissent, and emancipation pressed against fragile bonds of union. But as this chapter reveals, residents of both cities practiced forms of allegiance through their relief work to Union soldiers. This work helped border state residents establish bonds with those in northern states who suffered and sacrificed. Rhetorically, the relief work also fashioned powerful identities between civilians and soldiers to repair the violent ruptures of war. Furthermore, this chapter argues that black and white Unionists pressed for an abolitionist interpretation of the conflict, making emancipation a means of national reunification. Black military service proved the most conspicuous example of the war’s new allegiances. In Louisville, black military service and white ideological support helped to make emancipation and the hope of citizenship rights a reality in Kentucky, even if still a bitterly contested one. The physical and rhetorical work on behalf of the Union described in this chapter precluded Kentucky’s departure from the national fold.
Dave Spizale, Barry Jean Ancelet, Mary Perrin, Sharon Suire, and Rebecca Broussard
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617037962
- eISBN:
- 9781621039518
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617037962.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Environmental History
This chapter presents photographs of volunteer rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
This chapter presents photographs of volunteer rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Beverly Bell
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801452123
- eISBN:
- 9780801468322
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801452123.003.0003
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter describes how solidarity reinforced search-and-rescue operations as well as emergency relief activities during and after the Haitian earthquake. It shows how Haitians engaged in every ...
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This chapter describes how solidarity reinforced search-and-rescue operations as well as emergency relief activities during and after the Haitian earthquake. It shows how Haitians engaged in every type of solidarity imaginable by presenting a number of personal accounts, including that of Yolette Etienne, an alternative development expert and a longtime activist who was heading the national program of Oxfam Great Britain at the time of the earthquake. It also considers the role of ordinary citizens as rescuers and first responders as well as providers of of emergency humanitarian aid, acts of heroism during and long after the disaster, and the gift economy and culture of generosity that were prevalent after the earthquake.Less
This chapter describes how solidarity reinforced search-and-rescue operations as well as emergency relief activities during and after the Haitian earthquake. It shows how Haitians engaged in every type of solidarity imaginable by presenting a number of personal accounts, including that of Yolette Etienne, an alternative development expert and a longtime activist who was heading the national program of Oxfam Great Britain at the time of the earthquake. It also considers the role of ordinary citizens as rescuers and first responders as well as providers of of emergency humanitarian aid, acts of heroism during and long after the disaster, and the gift economy and culture of generosity that were prevalent after the earthquake.
Pamela L. Runestad
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824847593
- eISBN:
- 9780824868215
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824847593.003.0027
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter describes what it meant, in the aftermath of the 9.0 earthquake that struck off the east coast of northern Japan on March 11, 2011, to belong to a family, a particular community, a ...
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This chapter describes what it meant, in the aftermath of the 9.0 earthquake that struck off the east coast of northern Japan on March 11, 2011, to belong to a family, a particular community, a particular region of Japan, or even Japan itself in the minds of survivors when whole families, neighborhoods, and communities were suddenly washed away. It investigates the central role of social networks as channels for relief and in the forging of new global and local connections. In so doing the chapter stresses that disasters allow us to see how social networks are fluid and ever-changing, how local social networks can be global, how social networks are central to the success of relief efforts, and how anthropologists are not outside social networks in the field, so they can contribute to relief efforts through these networks, too.Less
This chapter describes what it meant, in the aftermath of the 9.0 earthquake that struck off the east coast of northern Japan on March 11, 2011, to belong to a family, a particular community, a particular region of Japan, or even Japan itself in the minds of survivors when whole families, neighborhoods, and communities were suddenly washed away. It investigates the central role of social networks as channels for relief and in the forging of new global and local connections. In so doing the chapter stresses that disasters allow us to see how social networks are fluid and ever-changing, how local social networks can be global, how social networks are central to the success of relief efforts, and how anthropologists are not outside social networks in the field, so they can contribute to relief efforts through these networks, too.
Felix L. Armfield
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252036583
- eISBN:
- 9780252093623
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252036583.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter covers Eugene Kinckle Jones's involvement with the federal government, as he had political ties to the two presidents in office during his tenure with the NUL, Woodrow Wilson and ...
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This chapter covers Eugene Kinckle Jones's involvement with the federal government, as he had political ties to the two presidents in office during his tenure with the NUL, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose administrations sought and received advice and active participation from Jones and the NUL. The late 1920s ushered in a new day in national reform policies, after all, and Jones had proven himself as a progressive reformer. Thus the chapter examines how black social workers responded to “relief” efforts and the ways they facilitated institution building and community development during the 1930s. It also examines Jones's fund-raising activities, his relations with white philanthropists, and his position within the Department of Commerce during the New Deal era..Less
This chapter covers Eugene Kinckle Jones's involvement with the federal government, as he had political ties to the two presidents in office during his tenure with the NUL, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose administrations sought and received advice and active participation from Jones and the NUL. The late 1920s ushered in a new day in national reform policies, after all, and Jones had proven himself as a progressive reformer. Thus the chapter examines how black social workers responded to “relief” efforts and the ways they facilitated institution building and community development during the 1930s. It also examines Jones's fund-raising activities, his relations with white philanthropists, and his position within the Department of Commerce during the New Deal era..
Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617037962
- eISBN:
- 9781621039518
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617037962.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Environmental History
This chapter describes how the residents of Ville Platte—a poor Cajun and black Creole community in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana—opened their doors to over 5,000 displaced people they call “company” ...
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This chapter describes how the residents of Ville Platte—a poor Cajun and black Creole community in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana—opened their doors to over 5,000 displaced people they call “company” (the words “refugee” and “evacuee” are considered too impersonal, even impolite). Ville Platte’s homemade rescue and relief effort stands in striking contrast to the incompetence of higher levels of government as well as to the hostility of other, wealthier towns, including some white suburbs of New Orleans, toward influxes of evacuees, especially poor people of color.Less
This chapter describes how the residents of Ville Platte—a poor Cajun and black Creole community in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana—opened their doors to over 5,000 displaced people they call “company” (the words “refugee” and “evacuee” are considered too impersonal, even impolite). Ville Platte’s homemade rescue and relief effort stands in striking contrast to the incompetence of higher levels of government as well as to the hostility of other, wealthier towns, including some white suburbs of New Orleans, toward influxes of evacuees, especially poor people of color.
Alex J. Bellamy
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198704119
- eISBN:
- 9780191773266
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198704119.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
Noting that humanitarian organizations are often on the ground when mass atrocities strike, this chapter examines the dilemmas they confront in trying to balance humanitarian principles with R2P ...
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Noting that humanitarian organizations are often on the ground when mass atrocities strike, this chapter examines the dilemmas they confront in trying to balance humanitarian principles with R2P considerations. It shows that while humanitarian organizations often do provide some protection, there are real concerns about the relationship of their work with R2P. In particular, the association of humanitarian action with controversial political action has the potential to weaken humanitarian space, making it more difficult to secure access and potentially placing humanitarians—and those they assist—in harm’s way. The chapter offers some ways of overcoming or rethinking these problems so that their contribution can be harnessed without forcing humanitarian agencies to imperil their core principles. These include the adoption of an “atrocity prevention lens” to identify ways in which humanitarian action might better protect populations from atrocities whilst remaining sensitive to the potential problems.Less
Noting that humanitarian organizations are often on the ground when mass atrocities strike, this chapter examines the dilemmas they confront in trying to balance humanitarian principles with R2P considerations. It shows that while humanitarian organizations often do provide some protection, there are real concerns about the relationship of their work with R2P. In particular, the association of humanitarian action with controversial political action has the potential to weaken humanitarian space, making it more difficult to secure access and potentially placing humanitarians—and those they assist—in harm’s way. The chapter offers some ways of overcoming or rethinking these problems so that their contribution can be harnessed without forcing humanitarian agencies to imperil their core principles. These include the adoption of an “atrocity prevention lens” to identify ways in which humanitarian action might better protect populations from atrocities whilst remaining sensitive to the potential problems.
