Tourists at the League of Nations. Conceptions of Internationalism around the Palais des Nations, 1925–1946
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Timo Holste
Abstract
This article uses the example of the purpose-built Palais des Nations in Geneva to trace how conceptions of internationalism were used for propaganda purposes by local institutions such as the Association des Intérêts de Genève, (AIG) by the League of Nations’ Information Section and Internal Service, and by private actors surrounding the international organization. The American Committee, whose work was financed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), will serve as one example of the latter. Scrutinizing interwar-internationalism through the lens of tourism, this article not only examines the impact of the global features of internationalism on the local level and reveals how the League used the popularity of the Palais des Nations to circumvent the ban on propaganda, it also reassesses the notion of American non-involvement in the League.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Editors’ Note: Situating Internationalism 1919–1940s
- Defending Turkey on Global Stages: The Young Turk Reşit Saffet’s Internationalist Strategy in 1919
- The Politics of Music in International Organizations in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- International Experts or Fascist Envoys? Alberto Theodoli and Pietro Stoppani at the League of Nations
- Tourists at the League of Nations. Conceptions of Internationalism around the Palais des Nations, 1925–1946
- “The Muslim World” Question during the Interwar Era Global Imaginary, 1924–1945
- The Red Swastika Society’s Humanitarian Work: A Re-interpretation of the Red Cross in China
- Digesting the League of Nations: Planning the International Secretariat of the Future, 1941–1944
- Book Reviews
- Immanuel Ness: Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class
- Robert D. Kaplan: In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond
