Spring/Summer 2019 thewha.org Vol. XXXV No. 1 World History Bulletin Issue Focus: The 1919 Paris Peace Conference Guest Editor - Ellen J. Jenkins, Arkansas Tech University Focus Issue Essays and Lesson Plans Peace without Precedent by Ellen J. Jenkins Post-1918 Political Map of Europe: Romania at the Paris Peace Conference by Mihai Manea Italian Draft Proposal for the League of Nations: Original Solution for a Global Conflict by Simonetta Florissi Global Feminists and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919: A Historical and Teaching Note by Mona L. Siegel Setting the Stage: The Global Impact of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference by Linda Black Editor’s Note Greetings from the Secretariat of the Southeast World History Association (SEWHA). As most of the readers of the World History Bulletin are aware, SEWHA members have served as editors of the Bulletin since the Fall of 2001, when I took over the helm from Chip Desnoyers and Ross Doughty. In the interim eighteen years, the Bulletin has had four SEWHA-affiliated editors: myself, Jared Poley, Denis Gainty, and Ian Christopher Fletcher. During the ensuing years, the Bulletin editors have attempted to make each issue better than the previous one, and I hope to continue that objective. I must first offer congratulations and thanks to Ian for his herculean efforts in producing the special issue on The Long Global Sixties. Although the original intent was to have the topic spread out over two 2018 issues, I am confident most readers will agree with me that the single issue approach worked extremely well. This issue, the first of Volume XXXV, focuses on the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Although the last veteran of World War I — Florence Green — died in February 2012 at the age of 110, the War and its aftermath remain in the public consciousness, if for no other reason, because of the new national boundaries that were created in Paris in 1919-1920. Even today, those boundaries have scars. My colleague Ellen “Jan” Jenkins has put together an excellent group of essays and classroom activities concerning the Paris Peace Conference. The multinational group of contributors to this issue of the Bulletin illustrates the editorial efforts to broaden our appeal to international members of the World History Association (WHA), and we hope to continue to recruit quality essays from abroad. Yi Guolin, our new Book Review Editor, is in need of members who are willing to review works for future issues. If you are interested, please send me an email [[email protected]] with your address and fields of interest. As you read this issue of the Bulletin, please send me feedback as to how the new editorial team can make the publication more valuable to the WHA membership. H. Micheal Tarver Editor-in-Chief World History Association World History Bulletin ISSN: 0886-117X Northeastern University 245 Meserve Hall H. Micheal Tarver 360 Huntington Ave. Editor-in-Chief Boston, MA 02115 Nicholas Di Liberto Tel. +1.617.373.6818 Fax +1.617.373.2661 Associate Editor e-mail: [email protected] Amy-Elizabeth Manlapas Production Editor President: Merry Wiesner-Hanks ([email protected]) Yi Guolin Book Review Editor Vice-President (President Elect): Laura J. Mitchell ([email protected]) Carlos Márquez Secretary: Maryanne Rhett ([email protected]) Copy Editor Treasurer: Michele Louro ([email protected]) [email protected] Past President: Rick Warner ([email protected]) Department of History Arkansas Tech University Executive Director: Kerry Vieira ([email protected]) 407 West Q Street - Ste. 244 Russellville, AR 72801 479.968.0265 Cover Photo: Réunion du comité interalliés (Versailles). Photograph by Helen Johns Kirtland, 1919. Source: United States Library of Congress. Table of Contents Editor’s Note Inside Front Cover Letter From the Executive Director 2 Letter from the President 3 WHB Focus Issue, Guest Editor - Ellen J. Jenkins, Arkansas Tech University 5 Peace without Precedent 5 Ellen J. Jenkins Post-1918 Political Map of Europe: Romania at the Paris Peace Conference 7 Mihai Manea Italian Draft Proposal for the League of Nations: Original Solution for a Global Conflict 11 Simonetta Florissi Global Feminists and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919: A Historical and Teaching Note 18 Mona L. Siegel Setting the Stage: The Global Impact of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference 22 Linda Black 2018 WHA Teaching Prize 24 The Struggle for Freedom and Equality is World Wide: The Cold War, Civil Rights and Decolonization Gustavo Carrera Highlighted Lesson Plan Inquiry and Axial Age Religion: The Rise of Christianity as a Case Study 33 Dave Neumann Global Crossroad: Colonial Rangoon as Immigrant City 48 Angelo P. Coclanis and Peter A. Coclanis Book Review Section, Book Review Editor - Yi Guolin, Arkansas Tech University 50 The Banana Business: Tracing the Contours of a Tropical Fruit Commodity in World History 51 Cynthia Ross List of Donors Inside Back Cover World History Bulletin • Vol XVVV • No. 1 • Page 1 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - WORLD HISTORY ASSOCIATION First, I feel compelled to state how happy the WHA is with recent World History Bulletin issues. From last year’s 1968 vision from Guest Editor Ian Fletcher to the incredible line up for the next three issues, beginning with this one. The themes for the next two issues are as follow: Transglobal Voyages: Five Centuries since the Epic Voyage of Fernão de Magalhães and Juan Sebastián Elcano and The Ottoman Empire: Five Centuries since the Accession of Kanunî Sultan Süleyman. We welcome back Editor-in- Chief Micheal Tarver whose expertise and creativity will benefit the readers. Flipping through this latest issue, it becomes obvious that peace 100 years ago was at worst still tumultuous and at best quite uncertain. Race riots broke out in numerous U.S. cities, including Washington D.C. The 18th Amendment in the U.S. was ratified, prohibiting the sale of alcohol, which would have unexpected repercussions in the following decade and beyond. In Asia, Gandhi initiated nonviolent resistance campaigns against British rule. And for his insight, Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Our office is focusing on our 28th Annual WHA Conference taking place June 27 – 29, 2019 in Puerto Rico. The two conference themes in Puerto Rico will be “Cities in Global Contexts” and “The Caribbean as Crossroads.” All conference sessions will convene under one roof, that of our host hotel, the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan. Partnering with the Global Urban History Project (GUHP) for a joint conference ensures the interdisciplinary nature of our conference will thrive. Through the expertise of our local tour guide, the WHA Registration desk will be collecting items for residents of Puerto Rico still suffering the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Those items most needed and that travel well include solar based items for phone chargers; solar based flashlights; solar based “camping” stoves; portable water filters; gift cards for necessities and building materials: Walmart, Kmart, Walgreens, CVS, Home Depot and Sears and over the counter medications. For members planning ahead, the 29th Annual WHA Conference will be held from June 25 – 27, 2020 in Salt Lake City. Nestled in the mountains, we will be located in the Foothills District of the city (www.foothillcd.com). Our conference sessions will be held at the University of Utah, where we are being cosponsored by the Department of History. The conference will kick off at the Marriott University Park, where all opening events commence on June 25. More soon on the WHA website about conference themes and additional specific details. As we plan for 2021 and beyond, should your university be interested in co-sponsoring the WHA annual conference, contact our office. A reminder to maximize your WHA membership by signing up for the Members’ Area on our website. Here you will have direct access to the digital Journal of World History and WHA Newsletters. This website page will enable you to initially sign up and/or reset your password: https://www.thewha.org/membership/accounts/ Once you notify our office, we will approve you as a member on our website. After this last step, your ability to login continuously begins! Our office forges ahead with other exciting plans for the near future. These include our WHA reception & sessions at the 2020 AHA Conference in New York City, the summer & fall WHA newsletter and the 2020 WHA Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. Should you be interested in publishing in the World History Bulletin, contact Editor-In-Chief, Micheal Tarver, at bulletin@thewha. org or the WHA Headquarters at [email protected] or by telephone at 617-373-6818. All submissions welcome, including submissions from international members, which are especially encouraged. Additionally, we welcome article ideas and important news from our members for the WHA newsletter. Please keep us informed since the newsletter is meant to involve your news and scholarship as well. Sincerely, Kerry Vieira Director - World History Association World History Bulletin • Vol XXXV • No. 1 • Page 2 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT - WORLD HISTORY ASSOCIATION Dear Colleagues, Greetings from cold and rainy Milwaukee, common spring weather in the Upper Midwest! I am looking forward to seeing many of you in warm and sunny San Juan in June, a joint meeting with the Global Urban History Project (GUHP), a new network of scholars interested in exploring the connections between global history and urban history. The conference program and events look fabulous. My special thanks in advance to Kerry Vieira, Maryanne Rhett, Candice Goucher, and Carl Nightingale for making the conference all that it is. And my great thanks to H. Micheal Tarver, who will resume his position as editor-in-chief of the World History Bulletin with this issue. I like to use my letters in the WHB to discuss one aspect of the many activities of the WHA.