Popular histories: ‘Education’ and ‘entertainment’ in information books for children

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-161

  Scanlon, Margaret ^a   Buckingham, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Historiography; History Books; Out OF SCHOOL Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013733169     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170210136813     Document Type: Article

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