Relief Work as Pilgrimage: "Mademoiselle Miss Elsie" in Southern France, 1945-1948
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In 1945, Elsie C. Bechtel left her Ohio home for the tiny French commune of Lavercanti re, where for nearly three years she cared for children displaced by the ravages of war. This book, based her diary, oral testimony, and archival research, draws on these various contexts to establish the complexity and significance of pilgrimage and humanitarian service as intercultural exchanges.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1498508103
ISBN13:9781498508100
Release Date:August 2015
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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