Imagined Cosmopolis: Internationalism and Cultural Exchange, 1870s-1920s - Hardcover

by Grace Brockington (Other), Charlotte Ashby (Editor), Grace Brockington (Editor)

What role did the arts play in the rise of internationalism at the turn of the twentieth century? The essays presented here explore the ways in which the arts operated internationally during this crucial period and how they helped challenge national conceptions of citizenship, society, homeland and native language.

Author Biography

Charlotte Ashby is an art and design historian who lectures at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Oxford.
Grace Brockington is Senior Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Bristol.
Daniel Laqua is Associate Professor of European History at Northumbria University.
Sarah Victoria Turner is Deputy Director for Research at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London.