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Disaster relief became an instrument of U.S. foreign policy in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The "progressive presidents" particularly utilized aid for American interests, sparking a trend. Prof. Julia Irwin joins me to discuss her upcoming book on this very topic.
Essential Reading:
Julia Irwin, Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening (2013).
Julia Irwin, "Our Climatic Moment: Hazarding a History of the United States and the World," Diplomatic History 45, no. 3 (June 2021): 421-44.
Recommended Reading:
Cynthia Kierner, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood (2019).
Ted Steinberg, Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America (2000).
Olivier Zunz, Philanthropy in America: A History (2012).
Heather Curtis, Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid (2018).
William N. Tilchin, “Theodore Roosevelt, Anglo-American Relations, and the Jamaica Incident of 1907,” Diplomatic History 19, no. 3 (1995): 385-405
Salvatore LaGumina, The Great Earthquake: America Comes to Messina’s Rescue (2008).
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Disaster relief became an instrument of U.S. foreign policy in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The "progressive presidents" particularly utilized aid for American interests, sparking a trend. Prof. Julia Irwin joins me to discuss her upcoming book on this very topic.
Essential Reading:
Julia Irwin, Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening (2013).
Julia Irwin, "Our Climatic Moment: Hazarding a History of the United States and the World," Diplomatic History 45, no. 3 (June 2021): 421-44.
Recommended Reading:
Cynthia Kierner, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood (2019).
Ted Steinberg, Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America (2000).
Olivier Zunz, Philanthropy in America: A History (2012).
Heather Curtis, Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid (2018).
William N. Tilchin, “Theodore Roosevelt, Anglo-American Relations, and the Jamaica Incident of 1907,” Diplomatic History 19, no. 3 (1995): 385-405
Salvatore LaGumina, The Great Earthquake: America Comes to Messina’s Rescue (2008).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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