The Paris Peace Conference Of 1919 : The Challenge of a New World Order.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badel, Laurence.

Contributor:

Conze, Eckart.

öber, Axel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).

Paris Peace Conference.

World War, 1914-1918--Peace.

World War, 1914-1918.

World politics--1919-1932.

World politics.

International organization--History.

International organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

"For more than a century, the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 has remained an object of historical scrutiny. As an attempt to consolidate peace in the wake of World War I and to prevent future conflict, it was instrumental in shaping political and social dynamics both nationally and internationally. Yet, in spite of its implications for global conflict, little consideration has been given to the way the Paris Peace Conference constructed a new global order. In this illuminating and geographically wide-ranging reassessment, The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 reconsiders how this watershed event, its diplomatic negotiations and the peace treaties themselves gave rise to new dynamics of global power and politics. In doing so it highlights the way in which the forces of nationality and imperiality interacted with, and were reshaped by, the peace"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Paris Peace Conference of 1919

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. Transformations of Legal Order

Chapter 1. The Order of Versailles

Chapter 2. Purging the Dross?

Chapter 3. The Subversive Internationalist

Part II. Economy and Technology: New Actors and Institutions

Chapter 4. When the World Economy Came into Being

Chapter 5. The Treaty of Versailles and Transatlantic Telecommunications

Chapter 6. The International Chamber of Commerce

Part III. Regional Order, International Order

Chapter 7. Regional Disorder, Partial Sovereignty and Multilevel Negotiations

Chapter 8. Longing for Greatness

Chapter 9. Washington of the World, Vatican of the East

Part IV. Challenges of the Paris Order

Chapter 10. Cultural Modernity, Political Maturity and Modern Womanhood

Chapter 11. A Conference for Africa?

Chapter 12. Woodrow Wilson and His Domestic Critics

Chapter 13. The Paris Moment

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781805398080

1805398083

9781805398097

1805398091

OCLC:

1467880486