Description
Book SynopsisZahra shows how nationalists in the Bohemian Lands worked to forge political cultures in which children belonged more rightfully to the national collective than to their parents.
Trade ReviewTara Zahra captures and exhibits the elusive with remarkable documentation, impressive hard work, and exemplary historian's craft. Kidnapped Souls is not only an excellent book for providing the history of the essentially invisible actors (children), but, is also an exceptional achievement in writing the history of an absence (indifference to nationalism).
* Canadian Journal of History *
This innovative, thoroughly researched, comprehensive book breaks with traditional scholarship in important respects and poses fresh new historical questions. It is sure to be mined by a generation of readers for its rich contextualization and thoughtful analyses.
* American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. "Czech Schools for Czech Children!"
2. Teachers, Orphans, and Social Workers
3. Warfare, Welfare, and the End of Empire
4. Reclaiming Children for the Nation
5. Freudian Nationalists and Heimat Activists
6. Borderland Children and Volkstumsarbeit under Nazi Rule
7. Stay-at-Home Nationalism
8. Reich-Loyal Czech Nationalism
Epilogue
Index
