Children, Poverty and Nationalism in Lithuania, 1900-1940

• Main Author: Griffante, Andrea (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Russia-History.; Europe, Eastern-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Social history.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; Russian, Soviet, and East European History.; History of Modern Europe.; Social History.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.

This book discusses the emergence of orphaned, abandoned and poor child care in Lithuania from the early 20th century to the beginning of World War II. In particular, it focuses on how poor child care practices were influenced by the nationalist and political discourse, and how orphanages became pri...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Future of the Nation: The Emergence of Poor Children as a Problem
• 2. The Great War over Children, 1914-1918
• 3. Rehabilitating Children: Lithuania and International Humanitarian Aid, 1918-1923
• 4. The New Interwar Order: Children, Rehabilitation and Discipline, 1923-1940
• 5. Final Remarks.