Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Transnational Trajectories of European Elites 1
4. I. Elites Between Nation and Internationalism. Dialectic Relationships
5. Education and Careers of Elites Between Government and Society 13
6. The National Legitimacy of International Elites: Ideal and Practice of the Second International, 1889 – 1914 21
7. International Historical Congresses and the Formation of an Elite Group, 1898 – 1913 35
8. II. Transnational Arenas and Encounters Between Associative Dynamics and Interstate Relations
9. Encounters for a Transnational Cooperative Movement: Associative and Government Elites Shaping Economic Development and Social Cohesion, 1895 – 1913 51
10. The International of the Bourgeoisie? Social Reformers and Their International Organizations in Europe Around 1900 67
11. The Role of Transnational Elites and States in the Protection of the Middle Classes. The Italo-German Contribution to the International Institute of the Middle Classes in the Early Twentieth Century 81
12. The Transnational Ambitions of Legal Science. The Beginnings of the Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts- und Wirtschaftsphilosophie, 1909– 1919 99
13. III. Instruments of Research
14. Online Tools and Instruments Supporting the Study of Transnational Elites: The Functionalities of the Contextual Database ODIS 117
15. Contributors 129
16. Index of Names 131