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139950665X pdf Since the publication of the first childrens periodical in the 1750s, magazines have been an affordable and accessible way for children to read and form virtual communities. Despite the range of childrens periodicals that exist, they have not been studied to the same extent as childrens literature. The Edinburgh History of Childrens Periodicals marks the first major history of magazines for young people from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Bringing together periodicals from Britain, Ireland, North America, Australia, New Zealand and India, this book explores the roles of gender, race and national identity in the construction of children as readers and writers. It provides new insights both into how child readers shaped the magazines they read and how magazines have encouraged children to view themselves as political and world subjects. Read more