Youth in the fatherless land : war pedagogy, nationalism, and authority in Germany, 1914-1918

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Label

Youth in the fatherless land : war pedagogy, nationalism, and authority in Germany, 1914-1918

Title remainder

war pedagogy, nationalism, and authority in Germany, 1914-1918

Statement of responsibility

Andrew Donson

Creator

• Donson, Andrew

Subject

• Nationalism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• War and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Germany
• Youth -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Youth -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• History

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

"The first comprehensive history of German youth in the First World War, this book investigates the dawn of the great era of mobilizing teenagers and schoolchildren for experiments in state building and extreme political movements like fascism and communism. Donson shows how German teachers could be legendary for their sarcasm and harsh methods but support the world's most vigorous school reform movement and most extensive network of youth clubs. As a result of the war mobilization, teachers, club leaders, and authors of youth literature instilled militarism and nationalism more deeply into young people than before 1914 but in a way that paradoxically relaxed discipline. Donson details how Germany had far more military youth companies than other nations as well as the world's largest Socialist youth organization, which illegally agitated for peace and a proletarian revolution. Mass conscription also empowered female youth, particularly in Germany's middle-class youth movement, the only one anywhere that fundamentally pitted itself against adults. Donson addresses discourses as well as practices and covers a breadth of topics, including crime, work, sexuality, gender, family, politics, recreation, novels and magazines, social class, and everyday life"--Jacket

Member of

• Harvard historical studies, v. 169

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.3/430835

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

D524.7.G8

LC item number

D66 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Harvard historical studies

Series volume

v. 169