Throughout the nineteenth century social expressions and dynamics have been reflected in the
surge of various printed products. The contributors analyze a diverse range of sources such as
caricatures journalistic reports travelogues scholarly volumes social novels and fairytale
collections viewing them as early manifestations of social knowledge and ethnographic
representation situated at the confluence of ¿popular¿ and ¿scientific¿ publishing. Their
comprehensive exploration unveils alternative contexts and dimensions of early ethnographic
knowledge production providing insights into a history of social knowledge that surpasses
disciplinary national and genre-related boundaries.
