The Quaker way: Ethical labor and humanitarian relief

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 689-705

  Feldman, Ilana ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Humanitarianism; Palestine; Quakers; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 35048840602     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.4.689     Document Type: Article

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