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UNINA9910791733003321 |
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Autore |
McCarthy Helen <1979-> |
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The British people and the League of Nations [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c. 1918-45 / / Helen McCarthy |
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Manchester, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-801-2 |
1-78170-265-9 |
1-84779-428-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political culture - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Internationalism - History - 20th century |
Social history - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The respectable face of troublemaking -- The League of Nations, public opinion and the new diplomacy -- Of all parties and of none : the League in party politics -- Members one of another : Christianity, religion and the League -- Training for world citizenship : internationalist education between the wars -- Enlightened patriots : League, empire, nation -- Classes and cultures? League activism and class politics -- Mothering the world : the making of a gendered internationalism -- The quiet citizen silenced : the failure of political centrism, 1936-39 -- Democratising foreign policy between the wars. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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