| Edition |
First edition, first impression. |
| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations (come color) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-281). |
| Contents |
Part 1-Inside The League -- The Men Behind the Man: Canvassing the Directorship of the League of Nations Secretariat (Torsten Kahlert And Karen Gram-Skjoldager) -- Three Generations -- The Directors in the Institutional Setup of the Secretariat -- Founding Fathers -- The Firs T Generation(1920-1927) -- The Insiders -- The Second Genera Tion(1928-1932) -- The Third Generation (1933-1946) |
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Conclusion and Perspectives -- Afterlives -- Notes -- Bibliography -- An International Language: The Translation and Interpretation Service (Haakon A. Ikonomou) -- So Much to Do! -- Towards A Geneva Language -- Translation and Interpretationas Heroic Internationalism -- A New Diplomacy -- The Symbolic Significance of Translation and Interpretation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Taming the Bureaucrats: The Supervisory Commission and Political Control of The Secretariat (Karen Gram-Skjoldager) -- The Power of the Purse -- The Supervisory Commission Andthe Institutional Balances of the League |
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The Supervisory Commissionand The Rise of the Small States -- War And The Problem of Avenol -- Between Montreal and Geneva -- Conclusion and Perspectives- Preparing for Peace -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Competing Internationalisms at The League of Nations Secretariat, 1933-1940 (Marco Moraes) -- Before Avenol -- Joseph Avenol, Secretary-General(1933-1940) -- Apolitical Technocracy or Fascist Internationalism? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Gender Distribution in the League of Nations: The Start of A Revolution? (Myriam Piguet) -- A Unique Step Towardsgender Equality |
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A Gap to be Uncovered -- The Bureaucratic Revolution that Favoured the Emergence of Women in International Administration -- In Practice, Genderinequality Remained -- The Gendered Division of Labour -- A Question of Education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part 2-The Leaguein Context -- Naturism, The Permanent Mandates Commission, And the Denial of the Violent Nature of Colonialism (Florian Wagner) -- The Pmc: A Civilisin G Institution -- Using The Early League to Influencethe "International Talk"To Belgium's Advantage -- Colonial Internationalismand The "Neutrality" of the Pmc |
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"Neutrality" as Solidarityamong Colonisers -- Scandals And Reform Initiatives -- Legitimising Colonialism through Reform -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Israel Zangwill on Nationality and 'The League of Damnations' (Laura Almagor) -- Israel Zangwill -- 'Nationality' -- Two Men, One Brother -- The League of Damnations -- A Jewish Moral Vanguard -- Conclusion: Against the Grain -- Notes -- Bibliography -- The Untold Story of Eric Colban and the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange (Mads Drange) -- The Minority Sectionof the League of Nations -- The Greco-Turkish Population exchange Agreement |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
League of Nations -- History.
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League of Nations. |
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History. |
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International relations -- History -- 20th century.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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World politics -- 1919-1932.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
1919-1932 |
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World politics -- 1933-1945.
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| Chronological Term |
1933-1945 |
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HISTORY / General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ikonomou, Haakon A., editor.
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Gram-Skjoldager, Karen, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9788771846201 8771846204 (DLC) 2019376868 (OCoLC)1140352737 |
| ISBN |
9788771848380 (electronic book) |
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877184838X (electronic book) |
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9788771846201 |
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8771846204 |
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