{"product_id":"staging-philanthropy-jean-helen-quataert-9780472111718","title":"Staging Philanthropy: Patriotic Women and the National Imagination in Dynastic Germany, 1813-1916","description":"\u003ci\u003eStaging Philanthropy \u003c\/i\u003eis a history of women's philanthropic associations during Germany's \"long\" nineteenth century. Challenged by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic occupation and war, dynastic groups in Germany made community welfare and its defense part of newly-gendered social obligations, sponsoring a network of state women's associations, philanthropic institutions, and nursing orders which were eventually coordinated by the German Red Cross. These patriotic groups helped fashion an official nationalism that defended conservative power and authority in the new nation-state.\u003cbr\u003eAn original and truly multi-disciplinary work, \u003ci\u003eStaging Philanthropy\u003c\/i\u003e uses archival research to reconstruct the neglected history of women's philanthropic organizations during the 'long' nineteenth century. Borrowing from cultural anthropologists, Jean Quataert explores how meaning is created in the theater of politics. Linking gender with nationalism and war with humanitarianism, Quataert weaves her analysis together with themes of German historiography and the wider context of European history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaging Philanthropy\u003c\/i\u003e will interest readers in German history, women's history, politics and anthropology, as well as those whose interest is in medicalization and the German Red Cross. This book situates itself in the middle of a string of debates pertaining to modern German history and, thus, should also appeal to readers from the general educated public.\u003cbr\u003eJean Quataert is Professor of History and Women's Studies, Binghamton University. She has previously published a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eConnecting Spheres: European Women in a Globalizing World, 1500 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e with Marilyn J. Boxer (Oxford, 1999).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Helen Quataert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047211171X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472111718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.42w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 1111","brand":"Jean Helen Quataert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086704324863,"sku":"9780472111718","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6bda3c4-6f5e-4e0b-9360-744cd71ab633.jpg?v=1769096095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staging-philanthropy-jean-helen-quataert-9780472111718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}