Helen Mccarthy

The British people and the League of Nations

Democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c.1918-45

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 613g
• ISBN-13: 9780719086168
• ISBN-10: 0719086167
• Artikelnr.: 34011515

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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