In the company of books : literature and its "classes" in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Wadsworth.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in print culture and the history of the bookPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2006.Description: xiii, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 155849541X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Market segmentation -- United States -- History
Contents:
Prologue : following the reader -- Wonder books -- Stories of their lives -- Boy's life -- Seaside and fireside -- Innocence abroad -- A blue and gold mystique -- Epilogue : the margins of the marketplace.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books (30-Day Checkout) | Nash Library General Stacks | Z473.W33 2006 | 1 | Available | 33710001007595 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and index.
Prologue : following the reader -- Wonder books -- Stories of their lives -- Boy's life -- Seaside and fireside -- Innocence abroad -- A blue and gold mystique -- Epilogue : the margins of the marketplace.