The world of children : foreign cultures in nineteenth-century German education and entertainment / edited by Simone Lässig and Andreas Weiss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lässig, Simone, 1964- editor.

Weiss, Andreas, editor.

Series:

Studies in German history ; Volume 24.

Studies in German history ; Volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Secondary--Germany--History.

Education, Secondary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2020]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Children, the Nation, and the World

Part I Official Knowledge

Chapter 1 New Words and the New World: Language and the Transnational Legacy of Joachim Heinrich Campe’s Robinson der Jüngere

Chapter 2 Images of Land and Sea: Experiencing the World as Adventure through Theodor Dielitz’s Travel Anthologies for Young Readers, 1841–62

Chapter 3 World Knowledge in Textbooks for French-Language Teaching in the Nineteenth Century in Germany

Chapter 4 The World at War in German Textbooks: Knowledge of the World Conveyed in Representations of War

Chapter 5 When Nippon Became Prussian: The German Image of Japan in Nineteenth-Century Textbooks

Part II Literary Knowledge

Chapter 6 Thrilling Hearts and Winning Minds: The Representation of Monarchy, Navy, and Empire in Nineteenth- Century Juvenile Adventure Fiction

Chapter 7 Knowing Others as Selves: German Children and American Indians

Chapter 8 “Don’t You Take Pity on Your Little Brothers and Sisters in China?” Missionary Literature for Children and the Distribution of Relational Knowledge in Imperial Germany

Part III Knowledge in Entertainment

Chapter 9 Around the World in a Jiffy: Humorous Treatments of Around-the-World Travel in German Children’s Books and Games

Chapter 10 The Rise of the Trading Card Collecting the World before World War I

Chapter 11 A World Made for Exploration: Germans and Their Toys, 1890–1914

Conclusion. Kaleidoscope and Lens: Re-envisioning the Past through the History of Knowledge

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789202793

1789202795

OCLC:

1347246603