Coming of Age : Constructing and Controlling Youth in Munich, 1942-1973 / Martin Kalb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalb, Martin, author.

Contributor:

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Language:

English

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[s.l.] : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth. Initially born of the economic and social disruption of the war years, a preoccupation with juvenile delinquency progressed into a full-blown panic over the hypothetical threat that young men and women posed to postwar stability. As Martin Kalb shows in this fascinating study, constructs like the rowdy young boy and the sexually deviant girl served as proxies for the diffuse fears of adult society, while allowing authorities ranging from local institutions to the U.S. military government to strengthen forms of social control.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Part 1. Delinquency in the Crisis Years, 1942-1949

Part 2. Americanization and Youth Cultures in the Miracle Years, 1949-1962

Part 3. Political Activism in the Protest Years, 1962-1973

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789209594

1789209595

OCLC:

930068191

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/122.4.1335

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access