Between Humanitarianism and Imperialism

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" Between Humanitarianism and Imperialism "
Sarah Epping

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1066152
Doc. No	:	LA109781
Call No	:	‭10.1163/24685968-04010002‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Sarah Epping
Title & Author	:	Between Humanitarianism and Imperialism [Article]\ Sarah Epping
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Endowment Studies
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4/1-2
Page No	:	11–39
Abstract	:	Between 1910 and 1917, the Students’ Christian Association of the University of Michigan sent out six alumni to go to Basra, Iraq, to do what they perceived to be humanitarian work. This study looks at the various fundraising mediums used by the organizers of this so-called “Michigan in Arabia” venture to convince potential donors to give the necessary funds. By analyzing these sources this study shows how a campus organization that ostensibly aimed to help the inhabitants of Basra instead functioned to cultivate Americans’ interests in the potential of this Persian Gulf city as a base for furthering U.S. power in the Middle East. It is important to study this short-lived U.S. engagement in Iraq because by cultivating incipient U.S. imperialism in the region, the Michigan venture provides a historical foundation for the emergence of U.S. economic, political, and strategic interests in Iraq in the long run.
Descriptor	:	Asian Studies
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	fundraising
Descriptor	:	History Culture
Descriptor	:	humanitarianism
Descriptor	:	imperialism
Descriptor	:	Iraq
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Medieval History
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	missionaries
Descriptor	:	Religion
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	U.S.-Iraqi relations
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/24685968-04010002‬