Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1: Introduction (Christopher R. Hughes and Hatsue Shinohara). - Part 1: The League and Empires. - Chapter 2: "Liberal internationalism" reconsidered: Liberal inter-imperialism and the League of Nations in Asia and the Pacific
(Tomoko Akami). - Chapter 3:
The League of Nations' Functional Works in the Years of Growing Nationalism (Harumi Goto-Shibata). - Part 2: Globalism and Inter-Civilizationism. - Chapter 4:
The activity and legacy of the Far East Bureau of the League of Nations: A key knot in connecting regional and international order (Kayo Takuma). - Chapter 5: Japanese International Lawyers and the Codification of International Law in the League of Nations (Rikiya Takahashi). - Chapter 6: Intellectual Entanglements between the League of Nations and East Asia: Modernism or Anti-Modernism? (Takashi Saikawa). - Part 3: Member States. - Chapter 7:
Attempting Neutrality: Siam's Coping with the League of Nations' Multilateralism (Teewin Suputtikun). - Chapter 8: The Council of the League of Nations and Japan: A Challenge to Emerging International Norms (Hatsue Shinohara). - Chapter 9: China's Policies toward the Abyssinian Question, 1935-1938 (Li Chang). - Part 4: The Case of Manchuria. - Chapter 10:
Popular Newspapers in China and the League: A Case of the Lytton Commission (Lunhai Mu). - Chapter 11: Aborted Ideas of an Internationally Administered Manchuria: The Background to the Lytton Report (Haruo Tohmatsu). - Chapter 12: The Diplomatic construction of Chinese sovereignty During the Manchurian Crisis (Christopher R. Hughes). - Chapter 13: Conclusion (Madeleine Herren)