Raising Germans in the age of empire : youth and colonial culture, 1871-1914 / Jeff Bowersox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowersox, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Germany--History.

Youth.

Germany--Colonial influence--19th century.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the relationship between colonialism and culture? Jeff Bowersox answers this question by looking at how young Germans imagined the wider world around them during the age of high imperialism.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Grappling with Empire; 1 Playing Empire: Toys, Games, and the German Colonial Imaginary; 2 Studying Empire: Classroom Instruction, School Geographers, and Pedagogical Reform; 3 Seeing Empire: Colonialist Expertise and Spectacular Lessons Outside the Classroom; 4 Reading Empire: Politics, Gender, Confession, and Class in Commercial Youth Literature; 5 Living Empire: The Pathfinders and Conflicts between Patriotism and Pedagogy; Conclusion: Growing Up with Empire; Select Bibliography

Picture AcknowledgementsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-163692-4

1-299-39728-X

OCLC:

835150343