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Youth politics in East Germany : the Free German Youth Movement, 1946-1968
- Title
- Youth politics in East Germany : the Free German Youth Movement, 1946-1968 / Alan McDougall.
- Author
- McDougall, Alan (Alan James)
- Publication
- Oxford : Clarendon, ©2004.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 261 pages : map; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In Youth Politics in East Germany the author has undertaken a pioneering study of the East German communist youth organization, the Free German Youth (FDJ), and the young people that it tried, often in vain, to enthuse and control. Utilizing a wide range of primary sources, Dr. McDougall focuses upon East German youth during five 'crisis points' in the GDR's early history, beginning with the June 1953 uprising and concluding with the impact of the Czechoslovakian Prague Spring in 1968. In the process, he provides a political and social history of East German youth within and beyond the framework of 'organized' youth life. Important events in East German youth politics are analysed in detail, alongside the subversive role of Western youth culture in the GDR, particularly during the 1960s when 'hot' music by groups such as The Beatles penetrated the Iron Curtain."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Oxford historical monographs
- Uniform Title
- Oxford historical monographs
- Subject
- Freie Deutsche Jugend > History
- Freie Deutsche Jugend
- Freie Deutsche Jugend
- Socialism and youth > Germany (East)
- Youth > Political activity > Germany (East)
- Politics and government
- Socialism and youth
- Youth > Political activity
- Jugendpolitik
- Jeugdbeweging
- Communisme
- Germany (East) > Politics and government
- Germany (East)
- Deutschland DDR
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. FDJ and the June 1953 uprising -- 2. FDJ and the crises in the Soviet bloc in 1956 -- 3. FDJ and the building of the Berlin Wall -- 4. FDJ and the liberal interlude in youth policy, 1963-1965 -- 5. FDJ and the Prague Spring.
- ISBN
- 0199276277
- 9780199276271
- LCCN
- 2005295817
- 99809773178
- OCLC
- ocm56695712
- 56695712
- SCSB-8949345
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library