"Do ourselves credit and render a lasting service to mankind": British moral prestige, humanitarian intervention, and the Barbary pirates

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-48

  Löwenheim, Oded ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMANITARIAN AID; MORALITY; SLAVE;

EID: 0037353357     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2478.4701002     Document Type: Article

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