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Many believed the twentieth century would be the century of the
child: an era in which modern societies would value and protect
children, sheltering them from violence and poverty. Yet this
hopeful vision was marred by the harsh realities of migration,
displacement, and armed conflict. Small Stories of War grapples
with the meanings and memories of childhood and wartime by asking
new questions about lived experience. Spanning the First World War
to the early twenty-first century and featuring chapters about
Canada, Australia, Germany, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and
northern Uganda, this volume asks how young people encountered and
responded to armed conflict. How did children, youth, and their
families make sense of war in the violent twentieth century? How
have they shared their stories and experiences of violence and
trauma? Analyzing a broad range of sources including family
letters, oral history, and children’s artwork, contributors offer
important insights into the production of historical knowledge with
and about young people. Engaging with cutting-edge debates about
emotions, temporality, space, and young people as political actors,
Small Stories of War offers compelling new research and an
interpretive toolkit that will benefit scholars from across the
social sciences and humanities.
Across the British Empire and the world, the 1920s and 1930s were a
time of unprecedented social and cultural change. Girls and young
women were at the heart of many of these shifts. Out of this
milieu, the Girl Guide movement emerged as a response to modern
concerns about gender, race, class, and social instability. In this
book, Kristine Alexander analyzes the ways in which Guiding sought
to mould young people in England, Canada, and India. It is a
fascinating account that connects the histories of girlhood,
internationalism, and empire, while asking how girls and young
women understood and responded to Guiding's attempts to lead them
toward a "useful" feminine future.
Across the British Empire and the world, the 1920s and 1930s were a
time of unprecedented social and cultural change. Girls and young
women were at the heart of many of these shifts. Out of this
milieu, the Girl Guide movement emerged as a response to modern
concerns about gender, race, class, and social instability. In this
book, Kristine Alexander analyzes the ways in which Guiding sought
to mould young people in England, Canada, and India. It is a
fascinating account that connects the histories of girlhood,
internationalism, and empire, while asking how girls and young
women understood and responded to Guiding's attempts to lead them
toward a "useful" feminine future.
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