Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literatur...
Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literatur...
Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature / Leonard S. Marcus.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Date
2008.
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N070.5083/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 402 p. ; 24 cm.
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...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Marcus delivers a provocative look at the fierce turf wars fought among pioneering editors, progressive educators, and librarians - most of them women - throughout the twentieth century. His story of the emergence and growth of the major publishing houses - and of the distinctive literature for the young they shaped - gains extraordinary depth (an...
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Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature / Leonard S. Marcus.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-369) and index.
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N070.5083/2
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74VM8eBBjEeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8eBBjEeX
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ISBN
0395674077
9780395674079
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070.5083
MMS ID
991000311949702626
