Political History of the International Union of Socialist Youth 1907–1917

Patrizia Dogliani is Full Professor of Contemporary History at Bologna University, Italy, and Visiting Professor at NYU, USA, and Academic institutions in Paris. She has authored and edited many articles and books on the European Left, History of Youth and Generations, and Fascism, including L’Europa a scuola (2002), Storia dei giovani (2003), Il fascismo degli Italiani. Una storia sociale (2014), Le socialisme municipal en France et en Europe de la Commune à la Grande guerre (2018), Internazionalismo e transnazionalismo all’indomani della Grande Guerra (2020), Un partito di giovani. La gioventù internazionalista e la nascita del Partito comunista d’Italia (2021), Continental Transfers. Cultural and Political Exchange among Spain, Italy and Argentina, 1914-1945 (2022).

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Proletarian Youth Organizations Before the Stuttgart Conference.- Chapter 2. The Birth of a Socialist Youth International.- Chapter 3. The Anti-Militarist Struggle.- Chapter 4. The Organization of Educational Work.- Chapter 5. Unionization and the Economic Struggles of Socialist Youth.- Chapter 6. The Function and Activities of the Vienna International Secretariat from 1907 TO 1914.- Chapter 7. The Danger of WAR: International Youth Initiatives from 1912 TO 1914.- Chapter 8.The Youth International During World War I.- Conclusions: The End of a History and the Beginning of a Historiography.