McCarthy The British people and the League of Nations

Democracy, citizenship and internationalism, <i>c</i>.1918–45
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-428-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

A rich and original study of the culture of association, showing the ‘Big Society’ in action in interwar Britain. First full-length study of a major British pressure-group, the League of Nations Union, since 1981, making extensive use of local archives. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social movements in modern Britain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCarthy, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The respectable face of troublemaking
1. The League of Nations, public opinion and the New Diplomacy
2. Of all parties and of none: the League in party politics
3. Members one of another: Christianity, religion and the League
4. Training for world citizenship: internationalist education between the wars
5. Enlightened patriots: League, empire, nation
6. Classes and cultures? League activism and class politics
7. Mothering the world: The making of a gendered internationalism
8. The quiet citizen silenced: the failure of political centrism, 1936–39
Conclusion: democratising foreign policy between the wars
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

McCarthy Helen:
Helen McCarthy is Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of LondonHelen McCarthy is Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London