Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction, Lisa Pine, London South Bank University, UK 1. The Family in Imperial Germany, Gunilla Budde, Carl von Ossietzky University, Germany 2. Rejuvenating the Family: The Struggle between Tradition and Modernity in Weimar Germany, Michelle Mouton, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA 3. The 'Germ Cell of the Nation': The Family in the Third Reich, Lisa Pine, London South Bank University, UK 4. Postwar Paternalism and Modern Mothers: Changing Families in 1950s West Germany, Alexandria N. Ruble, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 5. Continuities and Ruptures: Women's Agency and the West German Family, 1960s-1980s, Sarah E. Summers, University of Guelph, Canada 6. Vanguard of the Working Mother: The East German Family between Continuity and Change, Donna Harsch, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 7. German Family Policy since Reunification, Sigrid Leitner, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany Conclusion, Lisa Pine, London South Bank University, UK Select Bibliography Index

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An examination of the history of the family in Germany from 1870 to the present day.

About the Author

Lisa Pine is Reader in History at London South Bank University, UK. She is the editor of Life and Times in Nazi Germany (2016) and the author of Education in Nazi Germany (2010), Hitler’s “National Community”: Society and Culture in Nazi Germany (2nd edition, 2017) and Nazi Family Policy, 1933-1945 (1997).

Reviews

This book provides an excellent overview of the development of the Family in Modern Germany, from the German Empire to the present. It will be of great use to students.
*Karen Hagemann, James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA*

This fine collection outlines the history of the family across the social spectrum, incorporating recent scholarship on gender, sexuality, emotions, public and private space, work and leisure. Leading scholars take us through both the changes and continuities across political regimes, demonstrating that the very definition of “family” is historically contingent and always in flux.
*Julia Sneeringer, Professor of History, Queens College & the CUNY Graduate Center, USA*

This collection of essays offers a valuable survey of the history of the family in Germany from Imperial Germany to contemporary post-unification Germany, documenting changes in government policy and attitudes towards the family, marriage, sexuality, and reproduction under the various German regimes over the past 150 years.
*Richard Bessel, Emeritus Professor of Twentieth Century History, University of York, UK*

Lisa Pine's anthology The Family in Modern Germany provides a successful summary of the history of the family.
*H-Soz-Kult (Bloomsbury Translation)*

The volume offers an instructive social and cultural history of the modern family.
*De Gruyter (Bloomsbury Translation)*