The World of Children

Foreign Cultures in Nineteenth-Century German Education and Entertainment

Andreas Weiss editor Simone Lässig editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:3rd Oct '19

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The World of Children cover

In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their doorsteps? Focusing on Germany through the lens of the history of knowledge, this collection explores various media for children—from textbooks, adventure stories, and other literature to board games, museums, and cultural events—to probe what they aimed to teach young people about different cultures and world regions. These multifaceted contributions from specialists in historical, literary, and cultural studies delve into the ways that children absorbed, combined, and adapted notions of the world.

“This collection of essays provides rich, varied, and well-contextualized examples of the disparate forms of media through which knowledge about the world reached German children and adolescents in the nineteenth century. I found it stimulating, original, and engaging.”• Katharine Kennedy, Agnes Scott College

The World of Children is a superb book, much needed by German historiography, and contains fascinating essays with original scholarship and research. It is a pleasure to read and has much to teach us about children’s culture in the long nineteenth century.”• Carolyn Kay, Trent University

ISBN: 9781789202786

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318 pages