Youth in the Fatherless Land: War Pedagogy, Nationalism, and Authority in Germany, 1914–1918

Andrew Donson

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Youth in the Fatherless Land

War Pedagogy, Nationalism, and Authority in Germany, 1914–1918

Andrew Donson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2010

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Volume 169 | Harvard Historical Studies

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The first comprehensive history of German youth in WWI, 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.

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This sophisticated and deeply researched work is the first major study of the ‘war youth generation’ in Germany. Especially original is Donson’s treatment of war pedagogy that institutionalized the populist nationalism of August 1914. By exploring both the common experiences of youth as well as the divergences conditioned by class and gender, he accounts for the polarization within the Socialist and middle class youth movements and ultimately explains why the war generation proved so susceptible to the appeals of the Communists and Nazis. Donson has produced a thought-provoking analysis of some of the wrenching discontinuities in twentieth-century Germany’s agonized history.
-- Derek S. Linton, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Donson’s well-researched and nuanced study of German youth during World War I offers fresh perspectives on the history of class, gender, political mobilization, and the legacy of the war. Youth in the Fatherless Land tells a fascinating story of how the war encouraged authoritarianism, reform, and independence, all at the same time.
-- Annemarie Sammartino, Oberlin College

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History Historical Periods Contemporary History until 1945 Weimar Republic

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations, Figures, and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I YOUTH, AUTHORITY, AND NATIONALISM BEFORE 1914
1 The Pedagogy of Obedience and Its Critics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	20
2 The Constraints on Chauvinism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
II THE PATRIOTIC MOBILIZATION, 1914– 1915
3 War Pedagogy in the Era of the Burgfrieden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
4 The Content and Popularity of War Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
5 Organized Leisure and Patriotic Voluntary Labor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	108
III SOCIAL BREAKDOWN AND POLITICAL RADICALIZATION, 1916– 1918
6 Deprivation and the Collapse of Schooling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
7 The Upheaval of Families Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
8 The Dwindling Controls over Sex, Crime, and Play Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
9 Propaganda and the Limits on Dissent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
10 Politicization and Repression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Appendix: The Ten Commandments of a War Pedagogy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319

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9780674059603

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