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Author Black, Maggie, 1945-

Title A cause for our times : Oxfam : the first 50 years / Maggie Black.

Publication Info. Oxford [England] : Oxfam ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  361.77 B627C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents pt. 1. The war and its aftermath: 1942-59. 1. 'Fanatics, soft-heads, and sentimental idealists'. 2. Winning the peace: the moral aftermath of war. 3. Asylum is an affair of the heart -- pt. 2. Sunrise over the Third World: the 1960s. 4. A crusade for our times. 5. The shoals of controversy. 6. Acts of God and acts of man -- pt. 3. The age of alternatives: the 1970s. 7. In Gandhi's footsteps. 8. Bargaining for a better world. 9. To have more and to be more -- pt. 4. The business of compassion: the 1980s. 10. To the killing fields. 11. Black man's burden revisited. 12. Campaign for a fairer world -- An Oxfam Chronology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index.
Subject Oxfam -- History.
Oxfam.
Food relief -- Great Britain -- Societies, etc. -- History.
ISBN 0192852833 paperback £9.99
0192159623 hardcover
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