Staging Philanthropy
Subtitle: Patriotic Women and the National Imagination in Dynastic Germany, 1813-1916 (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: April 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780472111718
Subjects: Social History; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology Of Women; Welfare Work Of Charitable Institutions; Social Science; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Germany; Philanthropy & Charity; Social Science / Women's Studies; Volunteer Work; Women's Studies - General; Germany; History; Patriotism; Women in charitable work; Women philanthropists
Description: "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.