patriotic women and the national imagination in dynastic Germany, 1813-1916 /
Jean H. Quataert.
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
c2001.
xiv, 317 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dynastic legitimacy and women's philanthropy in German state and nation building -- The Landesmutter and philanthropic practices in the new German dynastic states, 1813-1848 -- The politics of philanthropy under dynastic patronage, 1848 to 1870-71 -- Civic voluntarism and gift giving in the "caring" state -- Cultural performances in the struggle over national community after 1871 -- Gendered medical war services in the "curing" state -- Mobilizing social memory : gendered images of war and sacrifice -- Testing patriotic alliances, 1913-1916 -- Conclusion : a gendered reading of patriotism and power.
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"Staging Philanthropy is a history of women's philanthropic associations during Germany's "long" nineteenth century. Challenged by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic occupation and war, dynastic groups in Germany made community welfare and its defense part of newly gendered social obligations, sponsoring a network of state women's associations, philanthropic institutions, and nursing orders which were eventually coordinated by the German Red Cross. These patriotic groups helped fashion an official nationalism that defended conservative power and authority in the new nation-state.".
"Staging Philanthropy situates itself in the middle of a string of debates pertaining to modern German history. It will interest readers in German history, women's history, politics, and anthropology, as well as readers from the general educated public."--BOOK JACKET.