1. La jeunesse alsacienne et la France: mouvements de jeunes et nation, 1918-50.
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Fuchs, Julien
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YOUTH movements , *SOCIAL movements , *NATIONALISM , *POLITICAL autonomy , *POLITICAL movements - Abstract
This paper deals with youth organizations in Alsace, a region standing at the crossroads between France and Germany. It focuses on how the issue of nationhood was constructed within these youth groups during the first half of the twentieth century. Our hypothesis is that these socio-educational organizations, training grounds for autonomy and responsibility, are based on a principle of civic engagement from their young members. To this effect, in post-First World War Alsace, these organizations served as vehicles for the reintegration of this region into France, a process that cannot, however, be considered without respect for local social and cultural specificities. In other words, with regard to the activist direction of these movements, a local socio-political configuration seems to far outweigh the ideology of each group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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