Ruhleben : A Prison Camp Society.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781487537845
- D627.G3 .K483 2020
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I / INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- PART II / CRISIS AND SOLIDARITY -- 1. A Racecourse near Berlin -- 2. November 1914: The First Three Weeks -- 3. The Achievement of Solidarity -- 4. Rumours and Morale -- PART III/ SETTLEMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING -- 5. The Winter of 1914-15 -- 6. Community Structure: The Barracks -- 7. Ruhleben's Families: The Boxes -- PART IV / EXPANSION -- 8. Physical Improvements: Physical and Mental Health -- 9. The First Spring and Summer -- 10. The Explosion of Activity -- 11. The Organized Camp -- 12. The World of Sport -- 13. Education, the Arts, Religion -- 14. Camp Roles, Leadership, and Status -- 15. Government and Politics -- 16. Life in the New Society -- PART V / STABILITY -- 17. The Long Years: 1916 and 1917 -- PART VI / POSTSCRIPT. By Robert B. MacLeod -- I. The End of the Ruhleben Story -- II. Implications: Sociological and Psychological -- J. DAVIDSON KETCHUM. By D. 0. Hebb -- INDEX -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- INDEX OF NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
This is an unusual book in that it is an important contribution to social psychology and also an absorbing story of four strange years in a German prison camp of World War I.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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