Internationalisms: A Twentieth-Century History

by Glenda Sluga (Editor), Patricia Clavin (Editor), Sunil Amrith (Editor)

This is a pioneering survey of the rise of internationalism as a mainstream political idea mobilised in support of the ambitions of indigenous populations, feminists and anti-colonialists, as well as politicians, economists and central bankers. Leading scholars trace the emergence of intergovernmental organisations such as the League of Nations, the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation, and the corresponding expansion in transnational sociability and economic entanglement throughout the long twentieth century. They reveal how international thought helped to drive major transformations in the governance of global issues from refugees to slavery and sex-trafficking, from the environment to women's rights and human rights, and from state borders and national minorities to health, education, trade and commerce. In challenging dominant perceptions of how contemporaries thought of nations, states and empires, Internationalisms radically alters our understanding of the major events and ideas that shaped twentieth-century politics, culture, economics and society.

Genres: History

386 pages, Paperback

Published December 15, 2016

Reviews

[hoffnarr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful range of essays. Exceptional but for one or two of the less argumentative essays. Covers a range of key topics while also has a useful opening introduction which plays with the ideas of "myths of nationalism" but in this case "myths of internationalism"

[Joma Geneciran · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few of the essays were helpful; however, most were a little too far out of my wheelhouse and were only loosely connected to a theme of internationalism. I would recommend anyone interested to just find essays of interest and get a PDF through your institution.

I liked Chs 6, “Empires, States and the League of Nations” by Susan Pedersen;
Chs. 7: “The League of Nations, Disarmament and Internationalism;
Chs. 13: “Indigenous Internationalism” by Hanna Hagtedt Vik;
Chs. 15: Cold War Internationalism” by Sandrine Kott.