03781nam 2200817 a 450 991081427950332120240313080806.01-84779-801-21-78170-265-91-84779-428-910.7765/9781847794284(CKB)2560000000085689(EBL)1069740(OCoLC)818847562(SSID)ssj0000712734(PQKBManifestationID)12274043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712734(PQKBWorkID)10646007(PQKB)10323789(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086924(OCoLC)1132651860(MdBmJHUP)muse78079(Au-PeEL)EBL1069740(CaPaEBR)ebr10627233(CaONFJC)MIL843741(MiAaPQ)EBC1069740(MiAaPQ)EBC4786583(DE-B1597)659458(DE-B1597)9781847794284(EXLCZ)99256000000008568920120425d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe British people and the League of Nations democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c. 1918-45 /Helen McCarthy1st ed.Manchester Manchester University Press ;New York distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-5261-0666-3 0-7190-8616-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index.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.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 profoundPolitical cultureGreat BritainHistory20th centuryInternationalismHistory20th centurySocial history20th centuryLeague of Nations.civic ritual.democratic accountability.international co-operation.member-states.new world order.peace.political protest.popular education.voluntary societies.Political cultureHistoryInternationalismHistorySocial history341.22/41McCarthy Helen1979-1698973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814279503321The British people and the League of Nations4080878UNINA