Family politics : domestic life, devastation and survival, 1900-1950

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Family politics : domestic life, devastation and survival, 1900-1950

Title remainder

domestic life, devastation and survival, 1900-1950

Statement of responsibility

Paul Ginsborg

Creator

• Ginsborg, Paul

Subject

• Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Families -- History -- 20th century
• Families -- Political aspects | History -- 20th century
• Revolutions -- History -- 20th century
• Dictatorship -- History -- 20th century
• Social change -- History -- 20th century
• Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1918-1960
• World politics -- 1900-1945
• World politics -- 1945-1955
• Revolutions -- Social aspects | History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"In this masterly twentieth-century history, Paul Ginsborg places the family at center stage, a novel perspective from which to examine key moments of revolution and dictatorship. His groundbreaking book spans 1900 to 1950 and encompasses five nation states in the throes of dramatic transition: Russia in revolutionary passage from Empire to Soviet Union; Turkey in transition from Ottoman Empire to modern Republic; Italy, from liberalism to fascism; Spain during the Second Republic and Civil War; and Germany from the failure of the Weimar Republic to the National Socialist state. Ginsborg explores the effects of political upheaval and radical social policies on family life and, in turn, the impact of families on revolutionary change itself. Families, he shows, do not simply experience the effects of political power, but are themselves actors in the historical process. The author brings human and personal elements to the fore with biographical details and individual family histories, along with a fascinating selection of family photographs and portraits. From WWI--an indelible backdrop and imprinting force on the first half of the twentieth century--to post-war dictatorial power and family engineering initiatives, to the conclusion of WWII, this book shines new light on the profound relations among revolution, dictatorship, and family"--

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DLC

Dewey number

909.821

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography