This collection brings together scholars from disciplines including Children\'s Literature, Classics, and History to develop fresh approaches to children\'s Culture and the uses of the past.
The book highlights an acti.
Boys and girls across social classes often experienced different Pasts simultaneously, for purposes of amusement and instruction.
It charts the significance of historical episodes and characters during the long nineteenth-century (1750-1914), a critical period in children\'s culture.
This collection brings together scholars from disciplines including Children\'s Literature, Classics, and History to develop fresh approaches to children\'s Culture and the uses of the past