Many historians have downplayed the significance of interwar internationalism. They have presented the League of Nations and the campaigns of internationally-minded groups as idealistic failures in an age that was characterised by international tension and aggressive nationalisms. This book challenges such narratives by assessing transnational projects that were launched or transformed after World War One, particularly the interaction of the League of Nations with specific groups or associations. The authors reveal the different rationales and stimuli for international cooperation in this period. With fresh research from several European countries, this book makes an original contribution to the transnational history of the interwar years. 'This book demonstrates that international encounters are far richer and more diverse than are captured in the notion of diplomatic meetings. The authors raise important questions on the chronology of internationalism and of the mid 20th century more generally ... They ask questions about the origins and legacies of internationalism, and also attempt to integrate personal and social histories with the history of intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions.' - From the Introduction to this volume, by Patricia Clavin, Jesus College, Oxford.
List of Abbreviations - vii Acknowledgements - ix Preface (Daniel Laqua) - xi Introduction: Conceptualising Transnational Thought and Action between the Wars (Patricia Clavin) - 1 Part A: Infrastructures and Ideas of Internationalism - 15 1. Liberal Internationalist Approaches to Science and Technology in Interwar Britain and the US (Waqar Zaidi) - 17 2. Experts for Peace: Structures and Motivations of Philanthropic Internationalism in the Interwar Years (Katharina Rietzler) - 45 3. In between 'Vague Theory' and 'Sound Practical Lines': Transnational Municipalism in Interwar Europe (Stefan Couperus) - 67 Part B: The League of Nations and the Efforts of Non-State Actors - 91 4. 'The Breath of a New Life'? : British Anti-Slavery Activism and the League of Nations (Amalia Ribi) - 93 5. Internationalism in the Economic and Financial Organisation of the League of Nations (Yann Decorzant) - 115 1. 'Credit or Chaos?': The Austrian Stabilisation Programme of 1923 and the League of Nations (Frank Beyersdorf) - 134 Part C: The Transnational and National Contexts of Advocacy - 159 2. 'A Real Meeting of the Women of the East and West': Women and Internationalism in the Interwar Period (Marie Sandell) - 161 3. The Lifeblood of the League? Voluntary Associations and League of Nations Activism in Britain (Helen McCarthy ) - 187 4. Reconciliation and the Post-War Order: The Place of the Deutsche Liga fur Menschenrechte in Interwar Pacifist (Daniel Laqua) - 209 Notes on the Contributors - 239 Index - 243
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