Literature and Humanitarian Reform in the Civil War Era

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Literature and Humanitarian Reform in the Civil War Era is written by Gregory Eiselein and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253113121 (ISBN 10) and 9780253113122 (ISBN 13).

"... this volume presents a reasonable, fresh, and well-researched reading of several key texts in American studies." -- Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas During the Civil War, a crisis erupted in philanthropy that dramatically changed humanitarian theories and demanded new approaches to humanitarian work. Certain writer-activists began to advocate an "eccentric benevolence" -- a type of philanthropy that would undo the distinction between the powerful bestowers of benevolence and the weaker folks who receive it. Among the figures discussed are the anti-philanthropic Henry David Thoreau and the dangerously philanthropic John Brown.