A rich and original study of the culture of association, showing the 'Big Society' in action in interwar Britain. First full-length study of a major British pressure-group, the League of Nations Union, since 1981, making extensive use of local archives. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social movements in modern Britain.
A rich and original study of the culture of association, showing the 'Big Society' in action in interwar Britain. First full-length study of a major British pressure-group, the League of Nations Union, since 1981, making extensive use of local archives. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social movements in modern Britain.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Helen McCarthy is Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: The respectable face of troublemaking 1. The League of Nations, public opinion and the New Diplomacy 2. Of all parties and of none: the League in party politics 3. Members one of another: Christianity, religion and the League 4. Training for world citizenship: internationalist education between the wars 5. Enlightened patriots: League, empire, nation 6. Classes and cultures? League activism and class politics 7. Mothering the world: The making of a gendered internationalism 8. The quiet citizen silenced: the failure of political centrism, 1936-39 Conclusion: democratising foreign policy between the wars Bibliography Index
Introduction: The respectable face of troublemaking 1. The League of Nations, public opinion and the New Diplomacy 2. Of all parties and of none: the League in party politics 3. Members one of another: Christianity, religion and the League 4. Training for world citizenship: internationalist education between the wars 5. Enlightened patriots: League, empire, nation 6. Classes and cultures? League activism and class politics 7. Mothering the world: The making of a gendered internationalism 8. The quiet citizen silenced: the failure of political centrism, 1936-39 Conclusion: democratising foreign policy between the wars Bibliography Index
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