Overview
- Discusses the emergence of care for orphaned, abandoned and poor children in Lithuania from the early twentieth century to the beginning of the Second World War
- Focuses on how such practices were influenced by competing nationalist and political discourses
- Explores how orphanages became privileged institutions for nation building
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“This book is a welcome addition to the history of childhood, nationalism, and charitable organizations. The text is separated into chapters tackling concise eras and offering a fresh comparison with other similar European movements. … this book is an important contribution to the history of childhood and youth in understanding and contextualizing both local and regional differences, but also showing how the rise in influence of political movements can affect the provision of aid to children in need.” (Aisling Shalvey, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 16 (3), 2023)
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Book Title: Children, Poverty and Nationalism in Lithuania, 1900–1940
Authors: Andrea Griffante
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30870-4
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30869-8Published: 14 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30870-4Published: 05 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 148
Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, History of Modern Europe, Social History, Childhood, Adolescence and Society