A Continent of Colleagues : Backroom Politics and Interwar Democracy

University of Toronto Press

A Continent of ColleaguesBackroom Politics and Interwar Democracy\nAuthor(s): James McSpadden\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487565633, 978-1487565633\nSynopsis\nIn the wake of the First World War, Central Europe saw the birth of new republics and hope for democratic renewal. Women and working-class representatives entered parliaments for the first time, and lawmakers found themselves at the centre of a rapidly changing political landscape. This book explores the lives, work, and networks of interwar parliamentarians, focusing on their navigation of political sociability and their evolving roles on the international stage.\n\n Challenging the common narrative of the 1920s and 1930s as an era of insurmountable political division, A Continent of Colleagues delves into the behind-the-scenes world of European politics. Drawing on diaries, letters, calendars, and memoirs from politicians across Germany,.