Book ID: CBB307941720

Mobilizing Mercy: A History of the Canadian Red Cross (2017)

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Glassford, Sarah (Author)


McGill-Queen's University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 408 pp.
Language: English

For more than a century the Canadian Red Cross Society has provided help and comfort to vulnerable people at home and abroad. In the first detailed national history of the organization, Sarah Glassford reveals how the European-born Red Cross movement came to Canada and took root, and why it flourished. From its origins in battlefield medicine to the creation of Canada’s first nationwide free blood transfusion service during the Cold War, Mobilizing Mercy charts crucial organizational changes, the influence of key leaders, and the impact of social, cultural, political, economic, and international trends over time. Glassford shows that the key to the Red Cross's longevity lies in its ability to reinvent itself by tapping into the concerns and ambitions of diverse groups including militia doctors, government officials, middle-class women, and schoolchildren. Through periods of war and peace, the Canadian Red Cross pioneered new services and filled gaps in government aid to become a ubiquitous agency on the wartime home front, a major domestic public health organization, and a respected provider of international humanitarian aid. Opening a window onto the shifting relationship between voluntary organizations and the state, Mobilizing Mercy is a compelling portrait of a major humanitarian organization, its people, and its ever-evolving place in Canadian society.

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Authors & Contributors
Arpan K. Banerjee
Robert M. Feibel
Sposini, Filippo Maria
Kathryn McKay
Varlik, Nükhet
Vanni, Paolo
Concepts
Medicine
History of medicine, as a discipline
Medicine and society
Medicine, general histories
Public health
Pandemics
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
Medieval
17th century
Places
Canada
Germany
Ontario (Canada)
England
Québec (Canada)
Americas
Institutions
Red Cross Societies
International Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin
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