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Author:

Schmidt, Gary D.

Title:

Making Americans : children's literature from 1930 to 1960 / Gary D. Schmidt.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xxviii, 290 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Children's literature, American--History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Children's literature--History--United States--History--20th century.
Children--History--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-281) and index.

Contents:

Imagining American democracy: self-reliance and social cooperation -- James Daugherty: the democracy of the American pioneer -- Defining American democracy: normalizing inclusion -- The "Childhood of Famous Americans" series: challenges to mythic narratives -- Adapting American democracy: responding to the urgencies of war -- Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire: America as the land of opportunity -- Globalizing American democracy: exporting the American heritage -- Virginia Lee Burton and Robert McCloskey: (in)security in America.

ISBN:

1609381920 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9781609381929 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)840937184

LCCN:

2013010352

Locations:

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

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)