A tale of two world capitals: the internationalisms of Pieter Eijkman and Paul Otlet Universiteit Gent
The years before the First World War saw several proposals to establish a “World Capital” in one of Europe’s smaller nations. Such proposals were transnational in at least three senses. They aimed to bring all international organizations and movements together; they hinged on international support; and they planned to concentrate all transnational traffic in one centre. At the same time, these grand projects often had nationalist intentions too, ...