1st Edition

The Nation’s Gratitude World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania

By Maria Bucur Copyright 2022
246 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania, this study brings into focus the laws and policies the state developed in response to the unprecedented human losses in World War I. It features in lively and accessible language the varied responses of veterans, widows and orphans to those policies. The analysis emphasizes how ordinary citizens became educated about and used state... Read more

1. "The Nation’s Gratitude:" The IOVR Laws  2. The Gordian Knot: Government Programs and Non-Government Partners  3. The Veterans: Heroes, Beggars, Fascists  4. The Widows: "On Bended Knee I Come before You"  5. The Orphans: The Nation’s Children  6. Epilogue: Change and Continuity across Ideological Divides  7. Citizenship Reframed

Biography

Maria Bucur is the John V Hill Professor of History and Gender Studies at Indiana University. She has published extensively on the modern history of Romania and the history of gender relations. Her books include Eugenics and Modernization in Interwar Romania (2002), Gender and War in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe (2006), Heroes and Victims: Remembering War in Twentieth-Century Romania (2009), Gendering Modernism. A Historical Reappraisal of the Canon (2017), The Century of Women: How Women Have Changed the World since 1900 (2018) and The Birth of Democratic Citizenship: Women and Power in Modern Romania (2018).