'Who Has the Youth, Has the Future'

"...in rescuing the youth savers from obscurity, Derek Linton has served notice of a powerful and welcome new presence in the German historical community." Central European History "This well written, solidly researched study focuses on the experience of the industrial continuation schools, the Protestant, Catholic and Socialist youth clubs, and the militarization of 'youth salvation' efforts that occured after the state's Youth Cultivation Decree and the founding of the Young German League in 1911." American Historical Review "...a thoroughly researched and well-written reconstruction of the origins, evolution, and consequences of a multisided campaign to save young workers that began in late nineteenth-century Germany." Donna Harsch, History of Education Quarterly "Tightly organized and well argued, Linton's monograph is highly successful in filling the gap in our understanding of the perceived 'youth problem' in the Kaiserreich (as opposed to the now better-studied Weimar era)...This is an excellent and highly useful study." Belinda Davis, Journal of Modern History