Staging Philanthropy

the long version

"Staging Philanthropy is 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." "Staging Philanthropy situates itself in the middle of a string of debates pertaining to modern German history. It will interest readers in German history, women's history, politics, and anthropology, as well as readers from the general educated public."--BOOK JACKET.