Europe's internationalists : rethinking the history of internationalism / edited by Jessica Reinisch and David Brydan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reinisch, Jessica, editor.

Brydan, David, editor.

Series:

Histories of internationalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internationalism--History--20th century.

Internationalism.

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Europe--Foreign relations--20th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Representing a crucial intervention in the history of internationalism, transnationalism and global history, this edited collection examines a variety of internationalisms developed by Europeans over the course of the 20th century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : internationalists and Europe / David Brydan and Jessica Reinisch

Building a communist Tower of Babel : Esperanto and the language politics of internationalism in revolutionary Russia / Brigid O'Keeffe

Coded internationalism and telegraphic language / Heidi Tworek

An international language for all : basic English and the limits of a global communication experiment / Valeska Huber

Radio and revolution : Tirana via Bari, from Moscow to Beijing / Elidor Mehilli

Speaking the language of humanitarianism or 'speaking Bolshevik' : visions and vocabularies of relief in Soviet Armenia, 1920-1928 / Jo Laycock

Yugoslav refugees and British relief workers in Italian and Egyptian refugee camps, 1944-1946 / Kornelija Ajlec

Local and global : religious institutes, Catholic internationalism and the Peru mission / Carmen M. Mangion

Knowledge as aid : locals experts, international health organizations and building the first Czechoslovak penicillin factory, 1944-49 / Sawomir Łotysz

Student activists and international cooperation in a changing world, 1919-1960 / Daniel Laqua

Vegetables of the world unite! : grassroots internationalization of disabled citizens in the post-war period / Monika Baár

'A writer deserves to be paid for his work' : American progressive writers, foreign royalties, and the limits of Soviet internationalism in the mid-to-late 1950s / Kristy Ironside

Antagonistic internationalists : Catholic activists and the UN system after 1945 / David Brydan

Internationalists in flight? : tourism, propaganda, and the making of Air France's global empire / Jessica Lynne Pearson

Even better than the real thing? : the United States, the TVA, and the development of the Mekong / Vincent Lagendijk

Epilogue / Kiran Pate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350107373

1350107379

9781350107366

1350107360

9781350118546

1350118540

OCLC:

1238133669