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Playing soldier : the books and toys that prepared children for war, 1871-1918 / Richard Cheek.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Reference Collection Folio Z4.Z9 P5 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheek, Richard, author, collector.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cheek, Richard--Library--Catalogs.
- Cheek, Richard.
- Children's literature--Political aspects--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Children's literature.
- Children's literature--Political aspects--Exhibitions.
- Propaganda in art--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Propaganda in art.
- Propaganda in art--Exhibitions.
- Literature in propaganda--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Literature in propaganda.
- Literature in propaganda--Exhibitions.
- Private libraries--Massachusetts--21st century--Catalogs.
- Private libraries.
- Children's literature--Political aspects.
- Libraries.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies -- Catalogs.
- Catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 471 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Manufacture:
- Hollis, NH : Puritan Capital
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Grolier Club, 2018.
- Summary:
- Massive and brilliantly-illustrated, 'Playing Soldier' is a comprehensive survey of the books, printed ephemera, and toys relating to military life and wartime experience that were published or produced for children and teens during two consecutive but dramatically different periods: first, the era from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 until the outbreak of the Great War in 1914; and second, the 51 months of fighting that comprised "the war to end all wars." The book demonstrates how these publications and products were used to persuade boys to admire and wish to become soldiers and sailors, and to accept war as an inevitable form of human behavior that offered them a swift path to manhood requiring acts of exceptional bravery, selfless service, and patriotic devotion. Exhibition: Grolier Club, New York, USA (12.09.-27.10.2018). 590
- Contents:
- Collector's perspective
- Introduction
- Germany
- France
- Great Britain
- United States.
- Notes:
- "Published to accompany the exhibition Playing Soldier at the Grolier Club, New York, September 12, 2018 through October 27, 2018" -- p. [1].
- Items in the exhibit are from the collection of Richard Cheek. ©2018 Richard Cheek--colophon.
- "Designed by Julia Sedykh. 1,200 copies have been printed by Puritan Capital. Bound by Superior Packaging and Finishing" -- colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Rare copy has dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9781605830766
- 1605830763
- OCLC:
- 1054104946
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