Borderland studies meets child studies : a European encounter / Machteld Venken (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Venken, Machteld, editor.

Series:

Studies in contemporary history (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; 6.

Studies in contemporary history ; 6

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Children--Europe--Social conditions--20th century.

Children.

Borderlands--Europe--History--20th century.

Borderlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main, Germany : Peter Lang, [2017]

Language Note:

In English with abstract in German.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This edited volume provides a comparative analysis of the history of borderland children during the 20th Century. More than their parents, children were envisioned to play a crucial role in bringing about a peaceful Europe. The contributions show the complexity of nationalisation within various spheres of borderland children´s lives and display the dichotomy between nationalist policies and manifest non-national practices of borderland children. Despite the different imaginations of East and West that had influenced peace negotiators after both World Wars, moreover, borderland children in Western and Central Europe invented practices that contributed to the creation of a socially cohesive Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

OCLC:

1076645626