The politics of anti-Westernism in Asia : visions of world order in pan-Islamic and pan-Asian thought / Cemil Aydin. by Aydin, Cemil

Table of Contents: “…the ebbing of pan-Islamic and pan-Asian visions of world order during the 1920s -- The Wilsonian moment and pan-Islamism -- The Wilsonian moment and pan-Asianism -- Pan-Islamic and pan-Asianist perceptions of socialist internationalism -- "Clash of civilizations" in the age of nationalism -- The weakness of pan-Islamic and pan-Asianist political projects during the 1920s -- Conclusion -- The revival of a pan-Asianist vision of world order in Japan (1931-1945) -- Explaining Japan's official "return to Asia" -- Withdrawal from the League of Nations as a turning point -- Asianist journals and organizations -- Asianist ideology of the 1930s -- Wartime Asian internationalism and its postwar legacy -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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A History of Brazil. by Smith, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Independence -- The treaty system -- Rivalry in the River Plate -- Chapter 3: The First Republic, 1889-1930 -- Politics -- The Federal Republic -- Military rule -- The paulista presidents -- Struggle for the presidency -- 'CofFee-with- milk' -- The 1930 Revolution -- Economy -- Crisis and recovery -- King Coffee -- World War I -- The 1920s -- Society -- Demography -- Society -- The rural poor -- The industrial poor -- Diplomacy -- Recognition and reciprocity -- Approximation with the United States -- World War I -- The League of Nations -- Chapter 4: Era of Getúlio Vargas, 1930-1964 -- Politics.…”
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Modernity, minority, and the public sphere : Jews and Christians in the Middle East / edited by S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah, H.L. Murre-van den Berg.

Table of Contents: “…Wallach -- Transnationalism -- Refugee camps and the spatialization of Assyrian nationalism in Iraq / L. Robson -- The League of Nations, a-mandates and minority rights during the mandate period in Iraq (1920-1932) / H. …”
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A doctor across borders : Raphael Cilento and public health from empire to the United Nations / Alexander Cameron-Smith. by Cameron-Smith, Alexander

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Year by Year : 1932 / A&E Television Networks, LLC.

Table of Contents: “…Triumphs at Winter Olympics (1:58) -- Admiralty Abandons Efforts to Recover M-2 Crew (1:14) -- Airmail Comes to Chicago (0:41) -- New Dads Learn the How-to of Kid Care (0:45) -- Scores Injured in Bonus Army Riots (2:21) -- Front Page News in 1932 (0:14) -- Al Capone Begins Long Jail Term (0:47) -- Indianapolis 500 1932 (1:41) -- League of Nations Group Sails for Far East (1:07) -- Sir Malcolm Campbell (0:52) -- Nation's Housewives Aid Needy (0:51) -- Vienna Austria: The Workman is Supreme (0:51) -- Peace in the Far East (1:05) -- Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping (1:05) -- Hill Climb Championship (0:50) -- Treasury Replaces 25 Cent Coinage (0:41) -- America's New B-1 Bomber Rolled Out (0:38) -- Americans Victorious in Tennis Finals (0:55) -- World's Largest Aerial Map Completed (1:48) -- How Much Did It Cost in 1932? …”
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O.D. Skelton : the work of the world, 1923-1941 / edited by Norman Hillmer. by Skelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas), 1878-1941

Table of Contents: “…I The Imperial Conference of 1923 -- II Counsellor Skelton, 1924-25 -- III Succeeding Sir Joseph, 1925 -- IV The Rhine is 3,000 Miles Away -- V The Imperial Conference of 1926 -- VI Washington, 1927 : Massey and Massachusetts Aveneue -- VII The League of Nations, 1927 -- VIII The Renunciation of War, 1928 -- IX Legislating Liberty, 1929 -- X Change of Scene and Change of Government, 1929-30 -- XI Canada and the Pacific, 1931-33 -- XII In London and Geneva, 1933 -- XIII Experimenting with the Soviets, 1934 -- XIV Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference of 1935 51. …”
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Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin : Honor in International Relations / Andrei P. Tsygankov. by Tsygankov, Andrei P.

Table of Contents: “…Assessment of the Holy AllianceNotes; 6 The Triple Entente, 1907-1917; The Policy of Realignment with the West; The Russo-French Alliance; Russia-Britain Relations; Russia and Balkan Politics; The Triple Entente, 1907-1917: Timeline; Explaining Russia's Realignment with the West; Nicholas's Sense of Honor; Russia's Domestic Conditions and Support; The Allies; Alternative Explanations; Assessment; Notes; 7 The Collective Security, 1933-1939; The Soviet Struggle for Collective Security; Joining the League of Nations; Litvinovs Crusade; Setbacks; Munich and After.…”
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Africa : what it gave me, what it took from me : remembrances from my life as a German settler in South West Africa / Margarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited, and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, and Paul E. Kerry. by Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, 1875-1955

Table of Contents: “…Biographical entries -- A reader's introduction -- Book I -- [1] Leaving home -- The first ten days -- Las Palmas -- Monrovia -- Nifu -- Mossamdes -- Port Alexander -- Swakopmund -- The journey to Karibib -- Karibib -- By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe -- [2] Okombahe -- Something about the natives of the colony -- The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate -- Our first abode -- Worries of a housewife -- Building our home -- Future plans and disappointments -- Cattle raising -- Gui-Gams -- Cultivating a garden -- Experiences and observations -- Spitzkoppies -- [3] Insurrection -- Foreboding weather -- The insurrection begins -- A dangerous ride -- In the fortress -- Under the protection of the Franke Company -- In the barracks at Omaruru -- My return to Germany -- Book II -- A note to my readers -- [1] The new South West -- My return to South West Africa -- Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk -- [2] How I experienced the First World War -- The impending storm -- The future is foreshadowed in everyday events -- The people of the colony prepare themselves -- Mobilization -- South Africa begins hostilities -- Treachery at Naulila -- Our commander dies -- A punitive expedition to Naulila -- The Baster War -- The Germans must be cleared out -- General Botha occupies Windhuk -- An honorable surrender -- Living under martial law -- [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate -- Dissolution? -- Expulsions -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Changes -- New unrest -- The house on the mountain -- Life under mandate rule -- Our German schools -- My sons -- Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe -- From the Brandberg to Franzfontein -- Korichaams -- Etoscha and the Waterberg -- 1934 : the year of torrential rains -- Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures -- A concluding and final word -- Postscript.…”
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International Law and Civil Wars : Intervention and Consent. by Lieblich, Eliav

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The Function of Law in the International Community. by Lauterpacht, Hersch

Table of Contents: “…The Covenant of the League of Nations and the Charter of the United Nations; 18. …”
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The politics of integration : law, race and literature in post-war Britain and France / Chloe A. Gill-Khan. by Gill-Khan, Chloe A.

Table of Contents: “…French Republican universal citizenship; British multiculturalism; Europe's legal policemen: the League of Nations and the United Nations; Notes; References; PART II: Justice; 3. …”
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In the shadow of Vitoria : a history of international law in Spain (1770-1953) / Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral. by Rasilla, Ignacio de la

Table of Contents: “…The Founding of the Association Francisco de VitoriaThe Second Spanish Republic-A Principled Engagement with Internationalism; The Spanish Civil War-Inter Armas Pugnant Leges; Non-Intervention in the 'Last Great Cause'; Setting the Stage for the Localization of the Spanish Civil War and the League of Nations; International Legal Aspects of the Spanish Civil War; H. …”
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Post-World War One plebiscites and their legacies : exploring the right of self-determination / edited by Sergiusz Bober.

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Catcher : How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero. by Morris, Peter, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…The Catcher's Legacy; Afterword: The Man the Hall of Fame Forgot; Appendix 1: The Shift of Catchers of the Late 1880s to Other Positions; Appendix 2: Number of American League and National League Games Managed by Former Catchers, 1899-1920; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A Note on the Author.…”
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Modern Europe, 1789-Present. by Briggs, Asa

Table of Contents: “…1919-1929The 'price' of war; The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles; Reparations and war debts; The League of Nations; The settlement in Central and Eastern Europe; Russian civil war and peace, 1918-21; Revolutions in Germany and Hungary, 1918-19; The surviving empires: Britain and France; Feminism and society; Italy: the first casualty, 1919-24; Parallels?…”
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Call her a citizen : progressive-era activist and educator Anna Pennybacker / Kelley M. King. by King, Kelley M. (Kelley Marie), 1964-

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Histories of public diplomacy and nation branding in the Nordic and Baltic countries : representing the periphery / edited by Louis Clerc, Nikolas Glover, Paul Jordan.

Table of Contents: “…Representing the small states of northern Europe : between imagined and imaged communities / Louis Clerc and Nikolas Glover -- The nationalisation of Swedish enlightenment activities abroad : civil society actors and their impact on state politics / Andreas Åkerlund -- Open diplomacy and minority rights : the League of Nations and Lithuania's international image in the early 1920s / Chiara Tessaris -- Countering "the obtuse arguments of the Bolsheviks" : Estonian information work in Sweden, the United States and Britain, 1940-1944 / Kaarel Pürimäe -- The Office for Cultural Relations : representing Norway in the post-war period / Svein Ivar Angell -- A public diplomacy entrepreneur : Danish Ambassador Bodil Begtrup in Iceland, Switzerland and Portugal, 1949-1973 -- A total image deconstructed : the corporate analogy and the legitimacy of promoting Sweden abroad in the 1960s / Nikolas Glover -- "Gaining recognition and understanding on her own terms" : the bureaucracy of Finland's image policy, 1948-66 / Louis Clerc -- American mirrors and Swedish self-portraits : US images of Sweden and Swedish public diplomacy in the USA in the 1970s and 80s / Carl Marklund -- Diplomacy and diasporas, self-perceptions and representations : Baltic attempts to promote independence, 1989-1991 / Una Bergmane -- Walking in singing : brand Estonia, the Eurovision Song Contest and Estonia's self-proclaimed return to Europe, 2001-2002 / Paul Jordan -- Public diplomacy vs nation branding : the case of Denmark after the cartoon crisis / Mads Mordhorst -- Benevolent assistance and cognitive colonisation : Nordic involvement with the Baltic States since the 1990s / Kazimierz Muział -- Small-state identities : promotions past and present / Christopher Browning.…”
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Cooperation in the law of transboundary water resources / Christina Leb. by Leb, Christina

Table of Contents: “…Beginning of 'universalisation' by the League of NationsThe work of the International Law Commission; Interaction between universal instruments and treaties at the regional and basin levels; 2.2.3 Widening thematic scope; 2.3 Conclusion; Part II A general duty to cooperate: What does it mean?…”
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A multilateral instrument for updating the tax treaty network / Nathalie Bravo. by Bravo, Nathalie

Table of Contents: “…The work of the League of Nations -- 1.3.2. The work of the OEEC, nowadays the OECD -- 1.4. …”
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Northern European overture to war, 1939-1941 : from Memel to Barbarossa / edited by Michael H. Clemmesen, Marcus S. Faulkner.

Table of Contents: “…Scandinavia and Weserubung -- Norway and the Withering League of Nations / Karl Erik Haug -- A German Menace to Norway : The Evolution of Threat Perceptions and Strategy between the Wars / Tom Kristiansen -- The Strategic Considerations and Actions of the Danish Commanding Admiral in the Years before the German Occupation in 1940 / Hans Christian Bjerg -- The Armoured Commerce Raider : The Concept that Guided German Naval Lobbying for Control of Norway / Michael H. …”
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