The Global Challenge of Peace: 1919 as a Contested Threshold to a New World Order

Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   17
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9781835537732


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   02 August 2024
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Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   17
ISBN:  

9781835537732


ISBN 10:   1835537731
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   02 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction: Matt PerryPart I: Race, labour and empire Chapter 1: The Black and the Red: the Elaine, Arkansas Massacre of 1919. Tyler Stovall Chapter 2: Within and beyond Red Clydeside: co-existing labour movements and racial hostilities in 1919. Paul Griffin Chapter 3: The 1919 mutinies in the French Armed Forces: Colonialism, Ethnicity and the Remaking of the French left. Matt Perry Chapter 4: 'C.L.R. James, the mass strike of 1919 in colonial Trinidad and ""The Case for West Indian Self-Government""'. Christian HogsbjergPart II: Transnationalism Women’s activism in 1919 Chapter 5: Sylvia Pankhurst in 1919: Feminism, communism, and Interwar Internationalism. Neelam Srivastava Chapter 6: Women as Peacemakers: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in Zurich, 1919. Sarah Hellawell Chapter 7: 1919: opportunities and constraints for women activists; a case study of Marie-Louise Puech and Hannah Sheehy Skeffington. Máire CrossPart III: Revolution and Counter-revolution Chapter 8: The Forward March of Reactionary Working-Class Politics? Democratic Authoritarianism and “Modernity” in Britain and Ireland, 1919. Christopher Loughlin Chapter 9: 1919: Revolution in Austria. Tim Kirk Chapter 10: The “Soviet Ark” in Context: The Buford and the Anti-Radicalism of 1919. Jeffrey Johnson and Daniel RooneyPart IV: Contested Transitions to Peace Chapter 11: Soldiers, Veterans and Volunteers for Gabriele D’Annunzio’s occupation of Fiume. Megan Trudell Chapter 12: How did military/civilian dynamics shape adult education in Britain with the soldiers’ return and demobilisation? Jude Murphy and Nigel Todd Chapter 13: British Military Missions as Intermediaries between Western Europe and Lithuania in 1919-1920s. Estela RuksenienePart V: Reinterpretations of 1919 Chapter 14: The General Strike of July 1919: Lenin, Wilson and their Influences on Italian Socialism. Jacopo Perazzoli Chapter 15: The German Revolution at War’s End: Whose Revolution? Anthony McElligott"

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'Attractive in its international coverage and notable for fresh research, this book is a high quality collection of essays on a critical period of interwar history. It provides a valuable reassessment of the period after the end of the First World War.' Professor Chris Wrigley, University of Nottingham


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Matt Perry is Reader in Labour History, Newcastle University.

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