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The British people and the League of Nations : democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c. 1918-45 / / Helen McCarthy



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Autore: McCarthy Helen <1979-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The British people and the League of Nations : democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c. 1918-45 / / Helen McCarthy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press
New York, : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina: 341.22/41
Soggetto topico: Political culture - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Internationalism - History - 20th century
Social history - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: League of Nations
civic ritual
democratic accountability
international co-operation
member-states
new world order
peace
political protest
popular education
voluntary societies
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: The British people and the League of Nations  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-84779-801-2
1-78170-265-9
1-84779-428-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814279503321
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