Ruhleben, a prison camp society /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ketchum, John Davidson, 1893-1962 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, [©1965]
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Ruhleben (Concentration camp)
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
Social groups > Case studies.
Prisoners > psychology
Social Control, Informal
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Social groups
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A racehors near Berlin
  • November 1914: the first three weeks
  • The achievement of solidarity
  • Rumours and morale
  • The winter of 1914-15
  • Community structure: the barracks
  • Ruhleben's families: the boxes
  • Physical improvements: physical and mental health
  • The first spring and summer
  • The explosion of activity
  • The organized camp
  • The world of sport
  • Education, the arts, religion
  • Camp roles, leadership, and status
  • Lovernment and politics
  • Life in the new society
  • The long years: 1916 to 1917
  • The end of the Ruhleben story
  • Implications: sociological and psychological.

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