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The term minority is today applied to describe beleaguered, persecuted, and exiled people whose subordination is preserved or merely "tolerated" by majoritarian politics inherent to modern states. As this introduction indicates, however, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries minority politics became a rubric for sociopolitical emancipation, providing a framework for intellectuals in colonized Asia and Africa to question European powers' treatment of marginalized communities. Bar Sadeh and Houwink ten Cate contend that "minority" has unique value as an instrument for historical analysis that is restricted neither solely to minority-majority relations nor to debates about (political) representation. Instead, the authors propose a global intellectual history of "minority" as a concept and experience, which is explored in the essays compiled in this special section, "Minority Questions." By examining the diverse genealogies of the concept of minority, the essays that follow provide a valuable contribution to efforts to redress historical wrongs, even as they offer a range of explanations for the enduring legacy and power of this multifaceted concept.

The paper examines history from the perspective of the youth as a marginalized social group in most societies. They are young, lacking influential skills and preparing for imagined futures. The paper argues that youth do not often use the democratic power embedded in numbers. The paper advances to show that history as selected speculation, fails to empower the youth in not explaining that major historical eras emerged from political challenges that the youth initiated and led. The author take the case of Steve Biko from South Africa and Kenneth Kaunda from Zambia to demonstrate the historical foundations of changes that came later in their respective states. During their youth Biko and Kaunda entered politics and precipitated changes of an enduring nature. When borrowing from Kaunda, Biko argued that respect for human dignity and freedoms laid foundations for struggles that improved social values and justice by rejecting colonial systems. It is further argued that comparative studies of people during their youth could improve quality of historical studies or learning, and appeal to young people to develop interest in history, and historical research.

64 p. ; Written by Richard Blackmore. Cf. NUC pre-1956. ; Wrongly ascribed to James Drake, M.D. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.). ; Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Sexuality in modern German history -- 1 Enlightening intimacy: From Reformation to unification -- 2 Sexual modernity and nationhood: 1871-1918 -- 3 Babylon Berlin? Liberation, violence and politics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-33 -- 4 Pronatalism to persecution: Sex in Nazi Germany, 1933-45 -- 5 Love, sex and marriage in the divided Germanies -- 6 Sexual evolutions and revolutions: From rock'n'roll to gay liberation -- Conclusion: Political transitions and intimate transformations since the Berlin Wall -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Imprint.