Reading Poison: Science and Story in Nazi Children's Propaganda.
Children's books of Nazi propaganda prove that a society can venerate science to the point of making biology the organizing principle of its educational system yet nevertheless produce children's literature shot through with fabrication and falsehood. Three children's books of Nazi propaganda that a...
| Publicado en: | Children's Literature in Education Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 199 - 221 |
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