The Ymca At War

Author : Jeffrey C. Copeland
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498548210
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The YMCA at War written by Jeffrey C. Copeland and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to provide wholesome recreation to urban youth away from the moral decay of industrialized urban living. Before long, that uplift mission found a place in the American Civil War, and soon the Y had spread all over the world by the early twentieth century, and in every major war thereafter as well. The YMCA at War: Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars is the first collection of scholarship to examine the YMCA’s efforts during the World Wars of the twentieth century, which proved to be a bastion of support to soldiers and civilians around the world. The YMCA deployed hundreds of thousands of its much-vaunted secretaries to support suffering civilians and ease soldiers’ wartime hardships. Joining forces with governments, other civic organizations, and individuals, the Y could be either an indispensable auxiliary or an arms-length nuisance. In all cases, its support had a significant byproduct: for every person it befriended, the Y invariably made an enemy with an opposing party, its patrons, its sponsor, or at times, all three. The YMCA at War offers fresh, timely research in an international and comparative perspective from scholars around the world that evaluates this conflict and collaboration during the World Wars.

Author : Jeffrey C. Copeland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781498548229
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The YMCA at War written by Jeffrey C. Copeland and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the Young Men's Christian Association's support for soldiers and civilians during World War I and World War II. The contributors approach the topic from various angles and argue that the YMCA's efforts routinely resulted in conflict with governments, other civic organizations, and individuals.

Author : National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of World War Work of the American YMCA written by National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Art Beltrone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wartime Log written by Art Beltrone and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts and artwork from log books belonging to Americans in German prison camps

Author : YMCA.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Role of the YMCA in World War I written by YMCA. and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jenny Thompson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595403360
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Hut written by Jenny Thompson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Hut chronicles the experiences of a YMCA secretary in France during World War One. In September 1917, William Levere sailed for France as a YMCA volunteer. Throughout the war, Levere ran a canteen for soldiers in the town of Neufchâteau, a hub of activity for the American Expeditionary Forces. He also traveled throughout the region, visiting troops along the front lines. After the Armistice, he continued his YMCA work for the U.S. Army of Occupation in Andernach, Germany. Published for the first time nearly eight decades after it was written, My Hut is Levere's own memoir of his days of service. It brings to life the overseas adventures of one American man who sought to take part in history.

Author : Harald Fischer-Tiné
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350275301
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The YMCA in Late Colonial India written by Harald Fischer-Tiné and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history and agendas of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) through its activities in South Asia. Focusing on interactions between American 'Y' workers and the local population, representatives of the British colonial state, and a host of international actors, it assesses their impact on the making of modern India. In turn, it shows how the knowledge and experience acquired by the Y in South Asia had a significant impact on US foreign policy, diplomacy and development programs in the region from the mid-1940s. Exploring the 'secular' projects launched by the YMCA such as new forms of sport, philanthropic efforts and educational endeavours, The YMCA in Late Colonial India addresses broader issues about the persistent role of religion in global modernization processes, the accumulation of American soft power in Asia, and the entanglement of American imperialism with other colonial empires. It provides an unusually rich case study to explore how 'global civil society' emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, how it related to the prevailing imperial world order, and how cultural specificities affected the ways in which it unfolded. Offering fresh perspectives on the historical trajectories of America's 'moral empire', Christian internationalism and the history of international organizations more broadly, this book also gives an insight into the history of South Asia during an age of colonial reformism and decolonization. It shows how international actors contributed to the shaping of South Asia's modernity at this crucial point, and left a lasting legacy in the region.

Author : Harald Fischer-Tiné
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824884612
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spreading Protestant Modernity written by Harald Fischer-Tiné and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A half century after its founding in London in 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) became the first NGO to effectively push a modernization agenda around the globe. Soon followed by a sister organization, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), founded in 1855, the Y movement defined its global mission in 1889. Although their agendas have been characterized as predominantly religious, both the YMCA and YWCA were also known for their new vision of a global civil society and became major agents in the worldwide dissemination of modern “Western” bodies of knowledge. The YMCA’s and YWCA’s “secular” social work was partly rooted in the Anglo-American notions of the “social gospel” that became popular during the 1890s. The Christian lay organizations’ vision of a “Protestant Modernity” increasingly globalized their “secular” social work that transformed notions of science, humanitarianism, sports, urban citizenship, agriculture, and gender relations. Spreading Protestant Modernity shows how the YMCA and YWCA became crucial in circulating various forms of knowledge and practices that were related to this vision, and how their work was co-opted by governments and rival NGOs eager to achieve similar ends. The studies assembled in this collection explore the influence of the YMCA’s and YWCA’s work on highly diverse societies in South, Southeast, and East Asia; North America; Africa; and Eastern Europe. Focusing on two of the most prominent representative groups within the Protestant youth, social service, and missionary societies (the so-called “Protestant International”), the book provides new insights into the evolution of global civil society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its multifarious, seemingly secular, legacies for today’s world. Spreading Protestant Modernity offers a compelling read for those interested in global history, the history of colonialism and decolonization, the history of Protestant internationalism, and the trajectories of global civil society. While each study is based on rigorous scholarship, the discussion and analyses are in accessible language that allows everyone from undergraduate students to advanced academics to appreciate the Y movement’s role in social transformations across the world.

Author : YMCA of the USA.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Minor Publications on the War Work of the Y.M.C.A. written by YMCA of the USA. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377741413
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of World War Work of the American Y.M.C.A.: With the Soldiers and Sailors of America at Home, on the Sea, and Overseas written by Anonymous and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.