{"product_id":"the-wayward-flock-mark-edward-ruff-9781469615110","title":"The Wayward Flock: Catholic Youth in Postwar West Germany, 1945-1965","description":"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the western and southern regions of Germany were home to intensely devout Roman Catholic communities. By the late 1950s, however, this Catholic subculture could not withstand the onslaught of a culture of consumption--motorcycles, Hollywood films, and vacations abroad. In \u003ci\u003eThe Wayward Flock, \u003c\/i\u003e Mark Edward Ruff analyzes why the strategy of using modern means to fight modern society--which had worked so successfully from the 1870s to the 1920s--did not succeed in the postwar era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuff examines the vast network of Catholic youth organizations in West Germany that had traditionally served as a source for future youth leaders and a means by which the church could resist the changes of modern society. But organization membership dwindled from nearly 1.5 million in the 1920s to 600,000 by the early 1960s, due in large part, Ruff argues, to generational differences, an emerging ethic of consumption, and changes in West Germany's political makeup. Ultimately, Ruff demonstrates, church leaders were unable to provide viable alternatives to the antimodern and antiliberal ideologies of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Edward Ruff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469615118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469615110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.68d","brand":"Mark Edward Ruff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065800454399,"sku":"9781469615110","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_514a9aa6-1a8a-4965-90a1-28d418237fab.jpg?v=1685403571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wayward-flock-mark-edward-ruff-9781469615110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}