German Elementary Education from 1890 To 1945 : Lessons about Religion, Home, and Fatherland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Katharine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Germany.

Education and state.

Nationalism--Germany.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Analyzing the correlation between the educational system and ideas about religion, community, and nationhood, German Elementary Education from 1890 to 1945 highlights how an investment in children's moral and national education united the Wilhelmine, Weimar, and Nazi eras, providing a vital lens for charting the continuities and changes within German society.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I - Schooling in Wilhelmine Germany

Chapter 1 - Schools and Schoolbooks in Wilhelmine Germany

Chapter 2 - Religious Education in German Schools

Chapter 3 - Community: Ordinary Stories and Moral Obligation

Chapter 4 - Homeland, Fatherland, and Distant Lands: Spaces of Belonging

Chapter 5 - Royal Representation of the Nation

Chapter 6 - Lessons about War: Sacrifice and Nationhood in Wilhelmine Germany

Part II - Schooling in the Weimar Republic

Chapter 7 - Schools and Schoolbooks in Weimar Germany

Chapter 8 - Weimar-Era Religious Instruction - Continuity and Reform

Chapter 9 - Lessons about Community in Weimar Schools: Strong-Armed Men and Dutiful Children

Chapter 10 - Where is the German's Fatherland? Within and byeond the Weimar Borders

Chapter 11 - Representing the Republic: The Limits of Civic Education

Chapter 12 - Lessons about War: Mourning and Victimhood in Weimar Germany

Part III - Schooling under the Nazi Dictatorship

Chapter 13 - Schools and Schoolbooks in Nazi Germany

Chapter 14 - Christian Education in Nazi Schools

Chapter 15 - Lessons about Community in the Racial State

Chapter 16 - Lebensraum in the Classroom

Chapter 17 - The Hitler Myth for Children

Chapter 18 - Learning to Imagine War, Again

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

1-83695-130-2

1-83695-129-9

OCLC:

1532841741