{"product_id":"human-capital-a-history-of-putting-refugees-to-work-hardcover","title":"Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Robson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHOW GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM TURNS REFUGEES INTO CHEAP LABOR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime. Tracing the century-long history of attempts to remake refugees into disposable migrant labor, Robson elucidates global humanitarianism's deep-seated commitment to refugee exploitation and containment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurveying more than a hundred years of policy across the globe, Robson captures the travails of Balkan refugees in the late Ottoman Empire, Roosevelt's secret plans to use German Jewish refugees as laborers in Latin America, and contemporary European efforts to deploy Syrians as low-wage workers in remote regions of Jordan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe advent of internationalist refugee aid has long been told as an inspirational story in which reformers fought tirelessly for a system that would recognize and guarantee the rights of displaced and dispossessed people. But as Robson demonstrates, the motives behind modern refugee policy can be mercenary. Refugees have become easy prey for global industrial capitalism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Robson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Oliver-McCourtney Professor of History at Penn State University and a recent Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. She has written and edited five books on Middle Eastern and global history, including most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Mass Violence in the Middle East \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003ePartitions: A Transnational History of Twentieth Century Territorial Separatism \u003c\/i\u003e(with Arie Dubnov, 2019). She is co-founder and co-editor of StatelessHistories.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765189869856,"sku":"9781804290217","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31e9f31d8d5773d7c944ca2ac9040663.webp?v=1780263250","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/human-capital-a-history-of-putting-refugees-to-work-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}