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Wales and the League of Nations, c. 1918-1945 / STUART BOOKER
Swansea University Author: STUART BOOKER
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DOI (Published version): 10.23889/SUthesis.63755
Abstract
This thesis studies the history of the League of Nations in Wales between 1918 and 1945. It explores how the Welsh League of Nations Union (LNU) promoted the League and its principles throughout Welsh society. The Welsh LNU, as the largest social activist organisation in interwar Wales, became a pop...
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Swansea, Wales, UK
2023
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| Institution: | Swansea University |
| Degree level: | Doctoral |
| Degree name: | Ph.D |
| Supervisor: | Irish, Tomás. and Miskell, Louise. |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63755 |
| Abstract: |
This thesis studies the history of the League of Nations in Wales between 1918 and 1945. It explores how the Welsh League of Nations Union (LNU) promoted the League and its principles throughout Welsh society. The Welsh LNU, as the largest social activist organisation in interwar Wales, became a popular feature of discussion in interwar society. From Anglesey to Aberdare, the Welsh LNU established a robust support network through local branches. The thesis demonstrates that the League was more than an international organisation discussed by politicians; it was pioneering and inspired Welsh communities to engage with international affairs. It provides a case study of how the League influenced international activism in different countries around the world. Previously Wales has been a sidenote to a broader Anglo-Centric study of the British LNU. In contrast, this thesis uncovers the numerous ways in which LNU’s work bore distinct regional and national differences. Wales, therefore, was a country that wanted to interact with the League on its own terms and not as part of Britain. Analysing the different areas of society that the LNU’s work intersected with, such as gender, religion, education and politics, reveals that the League was featured in interwar Welsh society. It was not possible for those who lived in interwar Wales to avoid the League. Ultimately, the thesis explores how Wales understood the international world and how the international world understood Wales. |
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Wales, League of Nations, Internationalism, Transnationalism, Liberal Internationalism, Welsh history, Interwar, Interwar Wales, Interwar Period, League of Nations Union, LNU, Welsh LNU, British LNU, Welsh history, Interwar Internationalism, Peace, Gender, Religion, Women, Education |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |