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OverviewRaising Germans in the Age of Empire is a cultural history of the German colonial imagination around the turn of the twentieth century. Looking beyond the colonialist movement, it focuses on young Germans who grew up during this era and the various commercial and educational media through which they daily encountered the wider world. Using their imaginary colonial encounters, Jeff Bowersox explores how Germans young and old came to terms with a globalizing world. Chapters on toys, school instruction, popular literature, and the Boy Scouts (or Pfadfinder) reveal how Germans, through mass consumer culture and mass education, built a definitive association between colonial hierarchies and Germany's place in the modern age. By 1914 this colonial sensibility had been accepted as common sense, but it always remained flexible and vague. It could be adapted to serve competing and contradictory purposes, ranging from profit and pedagogical reform to nationalist mobilization and international socialist solidarity. Thus, as young Germans used images of imperialism to construct their own fantastical adventures, adults tried to use those same images to ward off the worst excesses of industrial modernity and to mold young people into capable and productive citizens. The result was a chaotic multitude of imagined empires vying for space in the public arena as Germans debated how best to raise the next generation of children. Raising Germans in the Age of Empire explains how colonial visions not only shaped Germans' engagement with globalization but also determined how they understood themselves as a modern nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeff Bowersox (Senior Lecturer in International History, University of Worcester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.532kg ISBN: 9780199641093ISBN 10: 0199641099 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 09 May 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsBowersox has produced an excellent study of the colonial aspects of youth history. His book shows the surprising ways in which, already around 1900, German children's rooms and schools were globalised, indeed under the sign of colonialism. Dr. Joachim Zeller, freiburg-postkolonial.de Bowersox has produced an excellent study of the colonial aspects of youth history. His book shows the surprising ways in which, already around 1900, German children's rooms and schools were globalised, indeed under the sign of colonialism. Dr. Joachim Zeller, freiburg-postkolonial.de The discussion of the production and texts of a new genre of colonial literature for the young provides a fresh perspective and a persuasive thesis. Marjorie Lamberti, German History employs an impressive array of textual, visual and material sources. Jan Broeker, European Review of History a thoroughly researched and well-structured study John David Smith, Canadian Journal of History Author InformationJeff Bowersox's teaching and research interests include modern German, European, and world histories; the histories of race, imperialism, and the African diaspora; and the histories of youth, education, and popular culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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