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The 20th century, declared at its start to be the "Century of the Child" by Swedish author Ellen Key, saw an unprecedented expansion of state activity in and expert knowledge on child-rearing on both sides of the Atlantic. Children were seen as a crucial national resource whose care could not be left to families alone. However, the exact scope and degree of state intervention and expert influence as well as the rights and roles of mothers and fathers remained subjects of heated debates throughout the century. While there is a growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood, research...

The 20th century, declared at its start to be the "Century of the Child" by Swedish author Ellen Key, saw an unprecedented expansion of state activity in and expert knowledge on child-rearing on both sides of the Atlantic. Children were seen as a crucial national resource whose care could not be left to families alone. However, the exact scope and degree of state intervention and expert influence as well as the rights and roles of mothers and fathers remained subjects of heated debates throughout the century. While there is a growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood, research...

The Prussian province of Saxony-where the Communist uprising of March 1921 took place and two Combat Leagues (Wehrverbande) were founded (the right-wing Stahlhelm and the Social Democratic Reichsbanner) - is widely recognized as a politically important region in this period of German history. Using a case study of this socially diverse province, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of political violence in Weimar Germany with particular emphasis on the political culture from which it emerged. It refutes both the claim that the Bolshevik revolution was the prime cause of violence,...

A well-documented and skillfully argued book. German Studies Review

In his exceptional regional study of the Prussian province of Saxony, Schumann offers a richly detailed analysis of political violence in the Weimar Republic...This is a wordy but methodical and...

Die Weimarer Republik von Eberhard Kolb ist seit vielen Jahren als Standardwerk für Studium und Forschung anerkannt und als Arbeitsbuch unentbehrlich geworden. Das Werk stellt die drei Phasen der Geschichte der Republik im Überblick dar, führt detailliert ein in die Forschungsdebatten zur Innen- und Außenpolitik und zur Entwicklung von Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft und enthält eine ausführliche Bibliographie zu diesen Themenkomplexen.

Für die 2013 erschienene 8. Auflage wurde der Forschungsteil überarbeitet und von Dirk Schumann um ein Kapitel zur Kultur ergänzt....