War and Childhood in the Era of the Two World Wars
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 18 February 2019
- 21 February 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781108671965
- 9781108478533
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.63kg, 310 Pages
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Book description
The histories of modern war and childhood were the result of competing urgencies. According to ideals of childhood widely accepted throughout the world by 1900, children should have been protected, even hidden, from conflict and danger. Yet at a time when modern ways of childhood became increasingly possible for economic, social, and political reasons, it became less possible to fully protect them in the face of massive industrialized warfare driven by geopolitical rivalries and expansionist policies. Taking a global perspective, the chapters in this book examine a wide range of experiences and places. In addition to showing how the engagement of children and youth with war differed according to geography, technology, class, age, race, gender, and the nature of the state, they reveal how children acquired agency during the twentieth century's greatest conflicts.
Reviews
‘This outstanding volume of essays addresses a central issue of twentieth-century warfare of why children who, in theory, should be shielded from involvement in war are instead continuously mobilized physically, emotionally, and imaginatively into war. It is a major contribution to our understanding of the history of children and childhood.’
David M. Rosen - Fairleigh Dickinson University
‘Its success lies in the profound way in which it analyzes the impact of modern warfare on childhood, filling the gap in historiography and laying the foundation for further research.’
Hannah Tomlin Source: H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
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