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03920aam a2200553 i 4500 001 3E50C58CE67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240320010038 008 230704t20242024maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023027641 020 $a 1625347561 020 $a 9781625347565 020 $a 1625347553 020 $a 9781625347558 035 $a (OCoLC)1374114885 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ZVP $d AUM $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PR990 $b .H65 2024 100 1 $a Hoiem, Elizabeth Massa, $e author. 245 14 $a The education of things : $b mechanical literacy in British children's literature, 1762-1860 / $c Elizabeth Massa Hoiem. 246 30 $a Mechanical literacy in British children's literature, 1762-1860 264 1 $a Amherst : $b University of Massachusetts Press, $c [2024] 300 $a xvi, 330 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Childhoods : interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth 520 $a "By the close of the eighteenth century, learning to read and write became closely associated with learning about the material world, and a vast array of games and books from the era taught children how to comprehend the physical world of "things." Examining a diverse archive of historical periodicals, grammar books, toys, machinery displays, and literature from Maria Edgeworth, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Anna Letitia Barbauld, The Education of Things attests that material culture has long been central to children's literature. Elizabeth Massa Hoiem argues that the combination of reading and writing with manual tinkering and scientific observation promoted in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Britain produced new forms of "mechanical literacy," competencies that were essential in an industrial era. As work was repositioned as play, wealthy children were encouraged to do tasks in the classroom that poor children performed for wages, while working-class children honed skills that would be crucial to their social advancement as adults"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a What children grasp : the tangible properties of objects -- Moving bodies : manual labor and children's play in mechanical philosophy books -- "The empire of man over material things" : manufacturing and political economy in children's production stories -- Self-governing machines : automata and autonomy in Maria Edgeworth's fiction -- "Knowledge that shall be power in their hands" : radical grammars for working-class readers. 650 0 $a Children's literature, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Machinery in literature. 650 0 $a Work in literature. 650 0 $a Material culture in literature. 650 0 $a Reading (Primary) $z Great Britain $x History. 650 0 $a Technical education $z Great Britain $x History. 650 7 $a Children's literature, English $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00855967 650 7 $a Machinery in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01005035 650 7 $a Material culture in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011754 650 7 $a Reading (Primary) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01090744 650 7 $a Technical education $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01144838 650 7 $a Work in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180310 651 7 $a Great Britain $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hoiem, Elizabeth Massa. $t Education of things $d Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023] $z 9781685750374 $w (DLC) 2023027642 830 0 $a Childhoods: interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013823.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240320011603.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E50C58CE67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search