Beyond geopolitics : new histories of Latin America at the League of Nations /
"Even though it failed to prevent World War II, the League of Nations left a lasting legacy. This precedent-setting international organization created important institutions and initiatives in labor, economics, culture, science, and more, from the International Labor Organization to initiatives...
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2015
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: New Histories of Latin America at the League of Nations / Yannick Wehrli
- Part One. Sovereignty and Conflict Resolution
- Anti-Imperialism and the Failure of the League of Nations / Alan McPherson
- A Dangerous League of Nations : The Abyssinian War and Latin American Proposals for the Regionalization of Collective Security / Yannick Wehrli
- Mexico and its "Defense" of Ethiopia at the League of Nations / Fabián Herrera León
- Non-Intervention through Intervention : Mexican Diplomacy in the League of Nations during the Spanish Civil War / Abdiel Oñate
- Part Two. Labor
- Europe-Geneva-America : The First International Conference of American States Affiliated to the International Labour Organization / Norberto Osvaldo Ferreras
- "To Raise Awareness of Difficulties and to Assert their Opinion" : The International Labour Office and the Regionalization of International Cooperation in the 1930s / Véronique Plata-Stenger
- Beyond Social Legislation : Worker Unity in Latin America and its Links to the International Labour Organization, 1936-1939 / Patricio Herrera González
- Part Three. Intellectual and Scientific Cooperation
- "The Spirit of Harmony" and the Politics of (Latin American) History at the League of Nations / Corinne Pernet
- Latin America at the Crossroads : The Inter-American Institute of Intellectual Cooperation, the League of Nations, and the Pan-American Union / Juliette Dumont
- Between National and International Science and Education : Miguel Ozório de Almeida and the League of Nations's Intellectual Cooperation Project / Letícia Pumar
- Rudolf Kraus, South America, and the League of Nations's Permanent Commission on Biological Standardization / Juliana Manzoni
- Part Four. Economic and Social Activities
- Discovering Underdevelopment : Argentina and Double Taxation at the League of Nations / José Antonio Sánchez Román
- Latin America and International Nutrition : Integrative Channels in the Interwar Period / Maria Leticia Galluzzi Bizzo
- Separating the Political from the Technical : The 1938 League of Nations Mission to Latin America / Amelia Kiddle
- Conclusion: The Distinct Integration of Latin America / Alan McPherson.
