PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Central Powers, No More War Movement
11 Dec 2014
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Peace and conflict in the long 19th century. Peace societies were focused on resolving economic and social issues. Focused on conditions in society as a result of conflict. Peace societies began to focus on how to arbitrate international disputes- how to use the. The 1800s saw an evolution in the practice and theory of. The influence of technology and economic growth on state power. Belief in the idea of history as progress idea that history is building towards something. Most areas outside of europe had been colonized by european powers. Europeans powers for europeans (criticized for not really being international) The language used to talk about the international system was european (liberalism, sovereignty, etc) Goal: to resize the main powers so that they could balance each other off and remain at peace. One of a series of meetings to discuss the restoration of power in europe.
