Coming of Age: Constructing and Controlling Youth in Munich, 1942-1973

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In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth. Initially born of the economic and social disruption of the war years, a preoccupation with juvenile delinquency progressed into a full-blown panic over the hypothetical threat that young men and women posed to postwar stability. As Martin Kalb shows in this fascinating study, constructs like the rowdy young boy and the sexually deviant girl served as proxies for the diffuse fears of adult society, while allowing authorities ranging from local institutions to the U.S. military government to strengthen forms of social control. Contents Illustrations Preface Introduction Part I — Delinquency in the Crisis Years, 1942–1949 Chapter 1 — Constructing the Delinquent Boy and the Sexually Deviant Girl Chapter 2 — Controlling Juvenile Delinquents in the Crisis Years Part 2 — Americanization and Youth Cultures in the Miracle Years, 1949–1962 Chapter 3 — Constructing the Halbstarke and the Teenager Chapter 4 — Controlling Youth and Society in the Miracle Years Part 3 — Political Activism in the Protest Years, 1962–1973 Chapter 5 — Constructing the Student and the Gammler Chapter 6 — Controlling Protestors in the Protest Years Conclusion Bibliography Index