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Author McCarthy, Helen, 1979- author.

Title The British people and the League of Nations : Democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c.1918-45
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (297 pages)
Contents Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the respectable faceof 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 betweenthe wars; 5. Enlightened patriots: League, empire, nation; 6. Classes and cultures? Leagueactivism and class politics; 7. Mothering the world: the making of a gendered internationalism
8. The quiet citizen silenced: the failure of political centrism, 1936-39Conclusion: democratising foreign policy between the wars; Bibliography; Index
Summary In the decades following Europe?s first total war, millions of British men and women looked to the League of Nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operation. Founded in 1919 to preserve peace between its member-states, the League inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across Europe and beyond. Embodied in the hugely popular League of Nations Union, this pro-League movement touched Britain in profound
Analysis League of Nations
civic ritual
democratic accountability
international co-operation
member-states
new world order
peace
political protest
popular education
voluntary societies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject League of Nations Union -- History
League of Nations -- Public opinion -- History
League of Nations
League of Nations Union
Political culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Internationalism -- History -- 20th century
Social history -- 20th century.
LAW -- International.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Internationalism
Political culture
Public opinion
Social history
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781847794284
1847794289
9781781702659
1781702659