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This Is The First Book To Examine The Shifting Relationship Between Humanitarianism And The Expansion, Consolidation And Postcolonial Transformation Of The Anglophone World Across Three Centuries, From The Antislavery Campaign Of The Late Eighteenth Century To The Role Of Ngos Balancing Humanitarianism And Human Rights In The Late Twentieth Century. Contributors Explore The Trade-offs Between Humane Concern And The Altered Context Of Colonial And Postcolonial Realpolitik. They Also Showcase An Array Of Methodologies And Sources With Which To Explore The Relationship Between Humanitarianism And Colonialism. These Range From The Biography Of Material Objects To Interviews As Well As More Conventional Archival Enquiry. They Also Include Work With And For Indigenous People Whose Family Histories Have Been Defined In Large Part By 'humanitarian' Interventions. introduction: Selective Humanity: Three Centuries Of Anglophone Humanitarianism, Empire And Transnationalism -- Trevor Burnard, Joy Damousi And Alan Lester part I: Transatlantic Humanitarianism, 1760-1838 1 Anthony Benezet: a Short History Of Guinea And Its Impact On Early British Abolitionism - trevor Burnard 2 An Incident At The Sun Tavern: Changing The Discourse On Indigenous Visitors To Georgian Britain -- Kate Fullagar 3 Humanity Amidst Calamity: Humanitarian Discourse In New South Wales, 1788-1830 - jillian Beard 4 'nor Do They Harbour Vermin': Material Culture Approaches To Exploring Humanitarian Exchanges -- Amanda B. Moniz 5 The Realpolitik Of Emancipation In The British Empire, 1833-38 -- Alan Lester part Ii: Humanitarianism And Indigenous Peoples, 1838-c. 1950 6 Humanitarianism In A Genocidal Age: The Tragic Story Of The Aboriginal Prison On Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 1838-1903 -- Ann Curthoys 7 From Humanitarianism To Humane Governance: Aboriginal Slavery And White Australia -- Amanda Nettelbeck 8 Humanitarian Priorities And West African Age