Philanthropic Foundations at the League of Nations

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the relations between US philanthropic foundations (in particular the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for Intenational Peace) and the League of Nations.

Autorentext

Ludovic Tournès is professor of international history at the university of Geneva. He has published numerous books and articles including New Orleans Sur Seine. Histoire du jazz en France (Fayard, 1999), Du phonographe au MP3 (Autrement, 2008, rééd. 2011), L'Argent de l'influence. Les fondations américaines et leurs réseaux européens (Autrement, 2010), Sciences de l'homme et politiques. Les fondations philanthropiques américaines en France au XXe siècle (Garnier, 2011); Global Exchanges: Scholarships and Transnational Circulations in the Contemporary World (19-21st centuries), in cooperation with Giles Scott-Smith (Berghahn Books, 2017), and more recently, Américanisation. Une histoire mondiale (Fayard, 2020).

Inhalt

Introduction: Rethinking the Relations between the United States and the League of Nations Chapter 1 - The United States at The Heart of The League System? Chapter 2 - A World Ruled by Science: Philanthropic Universalism Chapter 3 - A Global Health Policy: The Health Organization Chapter 4 - The International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation and New International Power Relations Chapter 5 - From Intellectual Cooperation to Economic Expertise Chapter 6 - From Geneva To Princeton: The Dismantling and the Legacy Conclusion Archival Sources