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Author:

Wadsworth, Sarah, 1963-

Title:

In the company of books : literature and its "classes" in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Wadsworth.

Publisher:

University of Massachusetts Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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--History--United States--History--19th century.
Children--History--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and index.

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.

Series:

Studies in print culture and the history of the book

ISBN:

9781558495418
9781558495418 (pbk. : alk. paper)
155849541X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781558495401 (library cloth : alk. paper)
1558495401 (library cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63660280

LCCN:

2006003174

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)