Shaping the Transnational Sphere ― Experts, Networks, and Issues from the 1840's to the 1930's

European historians examine political expert networks and organizations in Europe--especially Western Europe--from the middle of the 19th century to the early 1930s, and demonstrate their relationship with policy-making processes at both the domestic and the international level. Focusing especially on the social reform movement, they explore the activities of networks and non-state actors beyond and below national borders that were particularly important for the dissemination of reform ideas and practices. Among their topics are Catholic "internationalists" in the 19th century, League of Nations experts on children in war and peace 1924-45, the prison reform movement 1820s-1950s, and the International Association for Labour Legislation and the International Labour Organization 1900-30s. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Bernhard Struck is Reader in Modern History and Director of the Centre for Transnational History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Nicht West – nicht Ost. Frankreich und Polen in der Wahrnehmung deutscher Reisender, 1750–1850 (2006) and, with Claire Gantet, of Revolution, Krieg und Verflechtung. Deutsch-Franzosische Geschichte 1789-1815 (2008).