Part I. Imperial Internationalism: 1. The dominions and Britain in the 1920s; 2. Servants of the world: Rachel Crowdy at the League of Nations; 3. Moral politics at the League of Nations and its imperial ramifications; 4. Conflict and travail, bitterness and tears: overseas Indians' failed campaign for imperial citizenship; 5. The empire at play, the empire on display: the 1911 Festival of Empire and the 1930 British Empire Games; Part II. Transatlantic Internationalism: 6. Anglo-American conceptions of 'international society' in the 1920s; 7. Little more than a hope? The world alliance for promoting international friendship through the churches; 8. Internationalism by decree: outlawry of war and the Kellogg–Briand Pact; 9. British and American responses to the Kellogg–Briand Pact.
Describes how the shock of the First World War gave rise to a broad array of overlapping initiatives in international cooperation.
Daniel Gorman is Associate Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He is the author of Imperial Citizenship: Empire and the Question of Belonging (2007). He has contributed essays on aspects of the history of globalization to several books: Mobilities, Knowledge and Social Justice (2012), edited by Suzan Ilcan; Property, Territory, Globalization: Struggles over Autonomy (2011), edited by William Coleman; and Empires and Autonomy: Moments in the History of Globalization (2010), edited by Steven Streeter, John Weaver and William Coleman.
'Daniel Gorman's argument, that international society during the
1920s developed out of the interaction of imperialism and
internationalism, is an arresting one. His stage is peopled with
private citizens and public officials, nations and foundations,
interest groups and interested individuals, all trying to remake
the world into a safer place. Beginnings were made and seeds were
sown, but there was not enough time. This important book details
the philosophies, the aspirations, the successes, and the failures
of his well-intentioned actors.' Kathleen Burk, University College
London
'After … World War I there was a rush of activism, creating a new
kind of international society. Gorman's rich and engaging new book
recounts how internationalists came to grips with a host of
critical issues … He shows that in the Anglo-American sphere
internationalism was a spectrum of varied hues. His textured tale
shows that this internationalism often could work at cross purposes
- it could challenge norms even as it reinforced existing imperial
relationships. What Gorman makes clear is that a shopworn view that
dismisses internationalists of the era as wooly idealists is well
out of date. While the internationalists' prescriptions were not
always the perfect medicine for what ailed the world, within them
there was often a remarkable grasp of the problems besetting the
global body politic. Their efforts laid important foundations on
which the international community still stands today.' David
Ekbladh, Tufts University
'Daniel Gorman offers an illuminating study of the evolution of
international society in the 1920s, with a special focus on how new
international norms reshaped the British Empire and on how
Anglo-American individuals and organizations promoted numerous
internationalist initiatives during this period. He highlights
neglected episodes in this history, such as the League of Nations'
campaigns against the transnational drug and sex trades, and he
also sheds new light on well-known ones, such as the Kellogg–Briand
pact. This book makes an important contribution to the history of
interwar internationalism and, more broadly, to our understanding
of the origins of contemporary global governance.' Erez Manela,
author of The Wilsonian Moment (2007)
'This is an innovative and instructive approach to the development
of an 'international society' in the 1920s based on a series of
wide-ranging case studies; it will be welcomed by readers
interested in international and transnational history.' Zara
Steiner, University of Cambridge
'… this is an impressive piece of scholarship. Its chief value lies
in deepening our understanding of the social, cultural and
political dynamics of interwar Anglo-American internationalism, and
in particular the role of empire within it. It is well written,
clearly argued and exhaustively researched, and serves as an
example of how to write historically about the intersection of
political ideas and institutions.' Duncan Bell, International
Affairs
'This ambitious study … offers a number of stimulating case studies
that will be of interest to scholars of interwar internationalism,
particularly those seeking to explore its imperial dimension.'
H-Soz-u-Kult
'Apart from encouraging historians to concentrate more upon the
nature and historical significance of the 1920s rather than to rush
on from the 1919 Peace Treaties to the breakdown of international
order in the 1930s, Gorman's book should prompt serious thought
also about both the extent and the manner of imperialism's
interaction with the 'transition' affecting internationalism.'
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