Peter Anderson (Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century European H

The Age of Mass Child Removal in Spain

Taking, Losing, and Fighting for Children, 1926-1945

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the ideas and practices underpinning state removal of children. Early twentieth century Spanish juvenile courts were involved in taking children from poor families, families displaced by war, and from political opponents. This study captures the voice and agency of the marginalized children and parents affected by mass removals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9780192844576
• ISBN-10: 0192844571
• Artikelnr.: 62080437

Autorenporträt

Peter Anderson is Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century European History in the School of History at the University of Leeds. His books include Friend or Foe? Occupation, Collaboration and Selective Violence in the Spanish Civil War (2016) and The Francoist Military Trials: terror and complicity, 1939-1945 (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Dangerous Parents
* 2: Removing Children
* 3: The Rise of Juvenile Courts and the Consolidation of Child Removal
* 4: The Spanish Courts and the Poor, 1926-1936
* 5: The Poor and the Fight for Custody, 1926-1936
* 6: The Battle for Madrid and the Splintering of Families, 1936-1939
* 7: Hardening Francoist Attitudes Towards Political Opponents
* 8: Franco's Victory: Repression, Deprivation, and Child Removal in
Everyday Life
* 9: Repatriation, Family Feuds, and Child Removal
* 10: The Role of Family Visitors in Supervising, Removing, and
Returning Children