Mobilizing youth : communists and Catholics in interwar France / Susan B. Whitney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitney, Susan B., 1962-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne (France).

Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne féminine (France).

Front populaire.

Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Communism and Christianity.

Communism and Christianity--France--History--20th century.

Church work with youth--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Church work with youth.

Church work with youth--France--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines how young people moved to the forefront of politics in France in the early twentieth century, analyzing how Communist and Catholic attempts to mobilize youth created youth movements with members who carried their commitments into WWII.

Contents:

The politics of age and generation in French communism, 1920/1931

Building a communist youth organization

Age, generation, and Catholic anticommunism : the emergence of the J.O.C.

Rereading the J.O.C. through the lens of gender : young women and the J.O.C.F.

Youth and the emergence of communist antifascist politics

Embracing the status quo : communists, young people, and popular front politics

Refusing la main tendue : Catholics, the J.O.C., and the challenge of Communist Popular Front

Politics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613065186

9781283065184

1283065185

9780822391562

0822391562

OCLC:

456467943