Mobilizing youth
Subtitle: communists and Catholics in interwar France
By: Susan B. Whitney.
Publisher: Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780822345954; 9780822346135
Subjects: Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne (France); Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne féminine (France); Front populaire; Communism and Christianity -- Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century; Communism and Christianity -- France -- History -- 20th century; Church work with youth -- Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century; Church work with youth -- France -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics of age and generation in French communism, 1920/1931; title: Building a communist youth organization; title: Age, generation, and Catholic anticommunism : the emergence of the J.O.C.; title: Rereading the J.O.C. through the lens of gender : young women and the J.O.C.F.; title: Youth and the emergence of communist antifascist politics; title: Embracing the status quo : communists, young people, and popular front politics; title: Refusing la main tendue : Catholics, the J.O.C., and the challenge of Communist Popular Front; title: Politics.