The British people and the League of Nations
Subtitle: democracy, citizenship and internationalism c. 1918-45
By: Helen McCarthy
Publisher: Manchester University Press; distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780719086168
Subjects: Political culture; League of Nations; Public opinion; Social history; League of Nations Union; Internationalism; History
Description: Using previously undiscovered sources, this work offers a readable account of popular League consciousness, revealing the extraordinarily vibrant character of associational life between the wars. It explores the complex constituencies making up the popular League movement and shows how internationalism intersected with class, gender, religion and party politics during a period of profound social, cultural and political change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index
Table of contents: title: The respectable face of troublemaking; title: The League of Nations, public opinion and the new diplomacy; title: Of all parties and of none : the League in party politics; title: Members one of another : Christianity, religion and the League; title: Training for world citizenship : internationalist education between the wars; title: Enlightened patriots : League, empire, nation; title: Classes and cultures? League activism and class politics; title: Mothering the world : the making of a gendered internationalism; title: The quiet citizen silenced : the failure of political centrism, 1936-39; title: Democratising foreign policy between the wars.