Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2020

Publication Title

The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

Abstract

This object lesson explores a German geography board game produced during the years around 1800, The Journey from Prague to Vienna. Its spatial orientation, colorful narration, and gameplay help us understand how middle-class German-speaking children were situated socially and politically on a map. Within a world rife with territorial instability and emerging nationalisms, this object taught bourgeois youth that they shared in an imagined German cultural identity. In this way, The Journey from Prague to Vienna links the history of play with the politicization of children’s education.

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

9

Last Page

17

DOI

doi:10.1353/hcy.2020.0025

ISSN

1941-3599

Comments

This is a approved manuscript of the article published in the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth (Johns Hopkins University Press). The final published version can be found on Project Muse

Rights

© 2020 by Johns Hopkins University Press

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