Shaping the Transnational Sphere : : Experts, Networks and Issues from the 1840s to the 1930s / / ed. by Bernhard Struck, Davide Rodogno, Jakob Vogel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Brinkmann, Tobias,; Frioux, Stéphane,; Gauthier, Shaloma,; Henze, Martina,; Kott, Sandrine,; Leonards, Chris,; Marshall, Dominique,; Matasci, Damiano,; Moses, Julia,; Müller, Christian,; Piana, Francesca,; Randeraad, Nico,; Rietzler, Katharina,; Rodogno, Davide,; Struck, Bernhard,; Viaene, Vincent,; Vogel, Jakob,
• HerausgeberIn: Rodogno, Davide,; Struck, Bernhard,; Vogel, Jakob,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary European History ; 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

In the second half of the nineteenth century a new kind of social and cultural actor came to the fore: the expert. During this period complex processes of modernization, industrialization, urbanization, and nation-building gained pace, particularly in Western Europe and North America. These processes created new forms of specialized expertise that grew in demand and became indispensible in fields like sanitation, incarceration, urban planning, and education. Often the expertise needed stemmed from problems at a local or regional level, but many transcended nation-state borders. Experts helped shape a new transnational sphere by creating communities that crossed borders and languages, sharing knowledge and resources through those new communities, and by participating in special events such as congresses and world fairs.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Experts -- Chapter 1 Professionalism or Proselytism? Catholic ‘Internationalists’ in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 2 Sanitizing the City The Transnational Work and Networks of French Sanitary Engineers, 1890s–1930s -- Chapter 3 Policy Communities and Exchanges across Borders The Case of Workplace Accidents at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 4 The Rise of Coordinated Action for Children in War and Peace Experts at the League of Nations, 1924–1945 -- Part II Networks -- Chapter 5 Building a Transnational Network of Social Reform in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 6 The Politics of Expertise The Association Internationale pour le Progrès des Sciences Sociales, Democratic Peace Movements and International Law Networks in Europe, 1850–1875 -- Chapter 7 The Road from Damascus Transnational Jewish Philanthropic Organizations and the Jewish Mass Migration from Eastern Europe, 1840–1914 -- Chapter 8 From Peace Advocacy to International Relations Research The Transformation of Transatlantic Philanthropic Networks, 1900–1930 -- Part III Issues -- Chapter 9 Transnational Cooperation and Criminal Policy The Prison Reform Movement, 1820s–1950s -- Chapter 10 International Congress es of Education and the Circulation of Pedagogical Knowledge in Western Europe, 1876–1910 -- Chapter 11 From Transnational Reformist Network to International Organization The International Association for Labour Legislation and the International Labour Organization, 1900–1930s -- Chapter 12 Shaping Poland Relief and Rehabilitation Programmes Undertaken by Foreign Organizations, 1918–1922 -- Select Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index