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This Is A Comprehensive History Of International Organizations From Their Very Beginning At The Congress Of Vienna In 1815 Up To The Present Day, And Provides The Readers With Nearly Two Centuries Of World History Seen From The Perspective Of International Organizations.--cover, P. 4. Emergence And Evolution Of International Organizations -- 1815: The British Postwar Institutional Strategy And The Concert Of Europe -- The Central Commission For The Navigation Of The Rhine And Burgeoning Free Trade -- Citizens Organizing Transnationally In Support Of Slavery Abolition And Peace -- The International Red Cross Made Responsible For The Geneva Convention On Wounded Soldiers (1864) -- Arbitration And International Law As Normative Powers In International Relations / The 1899 And 1907 Peace Conferences In The Hague And The Hague System -- Creation Of The International Telegraph Union (1865) And The Universal Postal Union (1874) -- Standardization And Intellectual Property Regulated Internationally -- Regulation Of International Shipping, Railway And Road Traffic -- Public International Unions And The Creation Of Continental Markets In Europe And The Americas (1860-1910) -- International Business Around The End Of The Nineteenth Century --^ Rising International Emancipation Movements Of Workers And Women -- International Labour Conventions (1906) And The Foundation For The Welfare State -- The First World War And The Creation Of The League Of Nations (1919) -- The Major Powers And Collective Security In The Interwar Period -- The Normative Workings Of The International Labour Organization (1919) -- The League Of Nations' Ongoing Economic And Social Activities -- Multilateral Cooperation During The Second World War -- The United Nations: An Improved Security Organization With Economic Coordination -- The Workings Of The United Nations System -- Refugees, Peacekeeping And Cold War At The United Nations -- Regional Alliances In The 1940s And 1950s -- Peaceful Coexistence And N