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Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature / Leonard S. Marcus.
Publication details: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.Description: xi, 402 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780395674079 (hbk.) :
- 0395674077 :
- Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History
- Children's books -- United States -- History
- Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History
- Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Z480.C48 M37 2008
Contents:
Providence and purpose in Colonial America and the young republic -- Wonder in the wake of war : publishing for the children from the gilded age to the dawn of the new century -- Innocence lost and found : the 1920s -- Sisters in crisis and in conflict : the 1930s -- World War and mass market : the 1940s -- Fun and fear : the 1950s -- Shaken and stirred : the 1960s -- Change and more change : the 1970s -- Suits and wizards at the millennium's gate.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | Z 480 .C48 M37 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 602481 |
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| Z 471 .B45 2009 Writing your journal article in 12 weeks : a guide to academic publishing success / | Z 473 .G53 M37 2007 Golden legacy : how Golden Books won children's hearts, changed publishing forever, and became an American icon along the way / | Z 473 .T54 V36 2010 Intellectuals incorporated : politics, art, and ideas inside Henry Luce's media empire / | Z 480 .C48 M37 2008 Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature / | Z 657 Censorship / | Z 657 .B73 2008 Book banning / | Z 658 .U5 C3923 2007 Censorship / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-369) and index.
Providence and purpose in Colonial America and the young republic -- Wonder in the wake of war : publishing for the children from the gilded age to the dawn of the new century -- Innocence lost and found : the 1920s -- Sisters in crisis and in conflict : the 1930s -- World War and mass market : the 1940s -- Fun and fear : the 1950s -- Shaken and stirred : the 1960s -- Change and more change : the 1970s -- Suits and wizards at the millennium's gate.
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