A Nation's Readers: Cultural Integration and the Schoolbook Canon in Wilhelmine Germany.

Kennedy, Katharine D.

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ERIC Number: EJ569378

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Publication Date: 1997

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A Nation's Readers: Cultural Integration and the Schoolbook Canon in Wilhelmine Germany.

Kennedy, Katharine D.

Paedagogica Historica, v33 n2 p459-80 1997

Compares books used in the elementary schools of different regions of Imperial Germany around the turn of the century. Asks how regionally controlled schools contributed to building German national identity. Argues that identity-formation was based on shared values and loyalty to homeland while acknowledging the different parts of the nation. (DSK)

Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Programs, Nationalism, Patriotism, Regional Characteristics, Textbook Content, Textbook Research, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany

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