Table Of ContentPALGRAVE MACMILLAN TRANSNATIONAL HISTORY SERIES
INTERNATIONALISM,
IMPERIALISM AND THE
FORMATION OF THE
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
The Pasts of the Present
Edited by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
and José Pedro Monteiro
Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Series Editors
Akira Iriye
Harvard University
Cambridge, USA
Rana Mitter
Department of History
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
This distinguished series seeks to develop scholarship on the transnational
connections of societies and peoples in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries; provide a forum in which work on transnational history
from different periods, subjects, and regions of the world can be
brought together in fruitful connection; and explore the theoretical and
methodological links between transnational and other related approaches
such as comparative history and world history.
Editorial board
Thomas Bender, University Professor of the Humanities, Professor of
History, and Director of the International Center for Advanced Studies,
New York University
Jane Carruthers, Professor of History, University of South Africa
Mariano Plotkin, Professor, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero,
Buenos Aires, and member of the National Council of Scientific and
Technological Research, Argentina
Pierre-Yves Saunier, Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique, France
Ian Tyrrell, Professor of History, University of New South Wales
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Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
José Pedro Monteiro
Editors
Internationalism,
Imperialism
and the Formation
of the Contemporary
World
The Pasts of the Present
Editors
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo José Pedro Monteiro
Center for Social Studies Center for Social Studies
University of Coimbra University of Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal Coimbra, Portugal
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erieS ditorS reface
The Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series seeks to p ublish
studies of modern history that are not nation-centric. Rather than
separate nations, each existing with its distinct identity and pursuing its
own destiny, we emphasize transnational interactions across the globe.
Interconnectedness and shared destinies rather than separation and dis-
tinctiveness are the key. Nations, of course, do exist, but they are not
the only source of an individual’s identity. Each person is also defined
by his/her gender, race, age, physical and mental conditions, and many
other factors. At the same time, individuals are also global human beings.
They are connected with one another—whether they are aware of the
connection or not—mentally as well as physically.
Such awareness has given rise to a historiography that stresses
transnational interactions and interconnections. This volume is a very
good example. The essays included all focus on such connections and
ask one of the most interesting questions in modern and current his-
tory: the relationship between imperialism and internationalism. Nations
sometimes pursue imperialistic activities in seeking to establish control
beyond their boundaries, and at other times they are willing to cooperate
with one another in pursuit of shared objectives. In this sense, imperial-
ism and internationalism are both inherent in a nation’s history, but this
phenomenon can best be understood when they are placed within the
framework of global and transnational history.
Here is another example of the current historiography: to view
national history in a global, transnational framework. If the trend
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continues and historians deepen their understanding of the global
dimension of a country’s existence, they will not only add a much
needed perspective to the study of the past, but they will also contrib-
ute to enriching the global “community of scholars” so that they will
come to exemplify the significant transformation that is taking place in
the world today.
Cambridge, USA Akira Iriye
Oxford, UK Rana Mitter
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cknowledgementS
This edited collection benefitted from the support of two research
projects, both funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science
and Technology (FCT): Internationalism and Empire: The Policies
of Difference in the Portuguese Colonial Empire in a Comparative
Perspective and Change to Remain? Welfare Colonialism in European
Colonial Empires in Africa (1920–1975) (Refs: FCT-PTDC/EPH-
HIS/5176/2012 and IF/01628/2012).
The editors want to thank all the participants in this volume for their
constant support and generosity and also for the outstanding quality of
their work.
Appreciation is also due to numerous colleagues who in one way or
another helped this volume become a reality: Susan Pedersen, William
Roger Louis, Glenda Sluga, Frederick Cooper, Martin Thomas, Meredith
Terretta, Davide Rodogno, Anne-Isabelle Richard, Simon Jackson,
Vanessa Ogle, David Engerman, Andrew Zimmerman, Diogo Ramada
Curto, António Costa Pinto, Alexander Keese, and Hugo Dores.
The critical comments and suggestions made during the peer review
process proved extremely important and helpful. The editors deeply
appreciate the contributions by the reviewers.
The editors wish to thank the Palgrave Team—from Jenny McCall
to Jade Moulds, Molly Beck, and Oliver Dyer—for their support and
patience in the past years.
Finally, a word of gratitude to the editors of the Transnational History
Series.
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Pasts to Be Unveiled: The Interconnections Between
the International and the Imperial 1
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and José Pedro Monteiro
Part I Internationalism(s) in an Imperial World:
the Interwar Years
Towards a Social History of International Organisations:
The ILO and the Internationalisation of Western
Social Expertise (1919–1949) 33
Sandrine Kott
Internationalism and Nationalism in the League
of Nations’ Work for Intellectual Cooperation 59
Daniel Laqua
A League of Empires: Imperial Political Imagination
and Interwar Internationalisms 87
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
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The Rise of a Humanitarian Superpower: American
NGOs and International Relief, 1917–1945 127
Daniel Roger Maul
Depression Development: The Interwar Origins
of a Global US Modernization Agenda 147
David Ekbladh
Part II Imperialism(s) and International Institutions:
the Aftermath of World War II
Population, Geopolitics and International Organizations
in the Mid Twentieth Century 167
Alison Bashford
Re-mapping the Borders of Imperial Health:
The World Health Organization and the International
Politics of Regionalization in French
North Africa, 1945–1956 191
Jessica Pearson
“One of Those Too-Rare Examples”: The International
Labour Organization, the Colonial Question
and Forced Labour (1961–1963) 221
José Pedro Monteiro
Part III Imperial Resiliencies in the Post-colonial
World Order
The Decolonization of Development: Rural Development
in India Before and After 1947 253
Corinna R. Unger
