Coming of Age

Martin Kalb is an Associate Professor of History at Bridgewater College in Virginia. His research on Modern Germany and its empires, with an emphasis on the histories of everyday life (Alltagsgeschichte), youth, and environmental history, has appeared in academic journals, edited volumes, and other venues.

“Employing a ‘top-down’ approach and utilizing an impressive array of archival sources, contemporary periodicals, and oral histories, Kalb's work does a remarkable job of balancing the views of authority figures and young people… Highly recommended.” • Choice“…makes a substantial contribution to the growing literature on the generational divides that shaped postwar Germany.” • International Social Science Review“Without doubt, the great value [of this study] lies in having widened the scope of the predominantly social-historical research on youth through cultural and discursive perspectives.” • H-Soz-Kult“This is a strong contribution to the (still under-researched) post-war history of West Germany, one that also provides fresh insights into the histories of European youth and Cold War cultural politics. It transcends traditional markers of German history such as Stunde Null, moving from a ‘generational’ approach to one more rooted in the everyday history of youth.” • Alan McDougall, University of Guelph

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionPART I: DELIQUENCY IN THE CRISIS YEARS, 1942-1948Chapter 1. Constructing the Delinquent Boy and the Sexually Deviant GirlChapter 2. Controlling Juvenile Delinquents in the Crisis YearsPART II: AMERICANIZATION AND YOUTH CULTURES IN THE MIRACLE YEARS, 1949-1962Chapter 3. Constructing the Halbstarke and the TeenagerChapter 4. Controlling Youth and Society in the Miracle YearsPART III: POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN THE PROTEST YEARS, 1962-1973Chapter 5. Constructing the Student and the GammlerChapter 6. Controlling Protestors in the Protest YearsConclusionBibliographyIndex