Ludovic Tournès – författare

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the relations between US philanthropic foundations (in particular the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and the League of Nations.Generations of students and scholars have learned that the US, having played a key role in the creation of the League of Nations in 1919, did not join the organization and stood aloof from its activities during the whole interwar period. This book questions this idea and argues that, even though the US was not a de jure member of the League of Nations, the financial, human, and intellectual investment of foundations brought about the de facto integration of the US within the League system and also modified the latter’s architecture. The book describes the Americanization of the League and shows how it resulted from three strategies pursued throughout the interwar period: that of US foundations, that of the Secretariat, and that of the US federal government. The book also shows the limits of this Americanization and analyzes the role of the European experts in the coproduction of the postwar international order together with the US government.This book will be of interest to historians and political scientists, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in interdisciplinary programs of international relations.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the relations between US philanthropic foundations (in particular the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and the League of Nations.Generations of students and scholars have learned that the US, having played a key role in the creation of the League of Nations in 1919, did not join the organization and stood aloof from its activities during the whole interwar period. This book questions this idea and argues that, even though the US was not a de jure member of the League of Nations, the financial, human, and intellectual investment of foundations brought about the de facto integration of the US within the League system and also modified the latter’s architecture. The book describes the Americanization of the League and shows how it resulted from three strategies pursued throughout the interwar period: that of US foundations, that of the Secretariat, and that of the US federal government. The book also shows the limits of this Americanization and analyzes the role of the European experts in the coproduction of the postwar international order together with the US government.This book will be of interest to historians and political scientists, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in interdisciplinary programs of international relations.

How and why did the United States, a young nation born just 250 years ago, come to occupy such a central role across the world? From McDonalds in India, Hollywood in Japan, comic books in Australia, basketball in the Philippines and jazz in Scandinavia, America’s influence is felt throughout the globe. This book offers a full history of this process of Americanisation, the ambition and means to shine on a global scale, and shows how the United States simultaneously created a nation and an empire.With roots stretching back to the 18th century and the Wars of Independence, Ludovic Tournes argues that American society and culture was constructed and exported in a single process. With examples such as the spread of jazz, Cold War diplomacy, the internationalisation of Coca-Cola, the Fordist revolution and the export of democracy, this book shows how American exports have reconfigured the world economically, politically and culturally. Following its transformation over the 19th and 20th centuries, A Global History of Americanisation follows the story of how American society and culture spread both at home and abroad, illustrates how the American dream took shape on a global scale throughout the 20th century, and asks why it has begun to fade in the 21st.

How and why did the United States, a young nation born just 250 years ago, come to occupy such a central role across the world? From McDonalds in India, Hollywood in Japan, comic books in Australia, basketball in the Philippines and jazz in Scandinavia, America’s influence is felt throughout the globe. This book offers a full history of this process of Americanisation, the ambition and means to shine on a global scale, and shows how the United States simultaneously created a nation and an empire.With roots stretching back to the 18th century and the Wars of Independence, Ludovic Tournes argues that American society and culture was constructed and exported in a single process. With examples such as the spread of jazz, Cold War diplomacy, the internationalisation of Coca-Cola, the Fordist revolution and the export of democracy, this book shows how American exports have reconfigured the world economically, politically and culturally. Following its transformation over the 19th and 20th centuries, A Global History of Americanisation follows the story of how American society and culture spread both at home and abroad, illustrates how the American dream took shape on a global scale throughout the 20th century, and asks why it has begun to fade in the 21st.

Exchanges between different cultures and institutions of learning have taken place for centuries, but it was only in the twentieth century that such efforts evolved into formal programs that received focused attention from nation-states, empires and international organizations. Global Exchanges provides a wide-ranging overview of this underresearched topic, examining the scope,  scale and evolution of organized exchanges around the globe through the twentieth century. In doing so it dramatically reveals the true extent of organized exchange and its essential contribution for knowledge transfer, cultural interchange, and the formation of global networks so often taken for granted today.