The British people and the League of Nations : Democracy, citizenship and internationalism, <i>c</i>.1918-45

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, participa...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McCarthy, Helen, 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
League of Nations Union.
League of Nations.
League of Nations > Public opinion > History.
League of Nations Union > History.
Social history.
Public opinion.
Political culture.
Internationalism.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
LAW > International.
Histoire sociale > 20e siecle.
Internationalisme > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Social history > 20th century.
Internationalism > History > 20th century.
Political culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9781847794284

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