A Cause for Our Times: Oxfam: The First 50 Years

by Maggie Black

Book Overview

Oxfam is one of the best known and most successful charities in Britain. It is also one of the most controversial. This immensely readable history explores Oxfam's evolution from a small, local, wartime charity to Britain's largest overseas aid agency. From its initial mission to bring relief to Greece during the darkest days of the Second World War, to the recent Charity Commission investigation into its campaigning activities, Oxfam has rarely been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192852833
• ISBN13: 9780192852830
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"