The “service,” capitalism, and “cosmopolitan patriotism:” the American Junior Red Cross in the Second Polish Republic Cover Image

„Służba”, kapitalizm i „kosmopolityczny patriotyzm”: amerykański Czerwony Krzyż Młodzieży w II Rzeczypospolitej
The “service,” capitalism, and “cosmopolitan patriotism:” the American Junior Red Cross in the Second Polish Republic

Author(s): Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Oral history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: American Red Cross; Junior Red Cross; the Second Polish Republic; the United States of America

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the operations of the American Junior Red Cross in Poland after the First World War. It describes the main types of initiatives undertaken by the organisation in schools of the Second Polish Republic (among others, the creation of circles of interest, aid to the poor and unprivileged students, or exchange of letters within the international interschool correspondence). The article also presents the educational ideals propagated by the American Junior Red Cross, which were to lead to significant political changes both at the national, and at the international level.

  • Issue Year: 49/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-26
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish