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Author Schmidt, Gary D., author.

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

Publication Info. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  810.99282 Sch53m 2013    ---  Axe Inventory 2024
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description xxviii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography 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.
Subject Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Children -- Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00854849
Children's literature, American. (OCoLC)fst00855882
Children's literature -- Publishing. (OCoLC)fst00855836
Democracy in literature. (OCoLC)fst00890120
National characteristics, American, in literature. (OCoLC)fst01033350
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781609381929 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1609381920 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9781609382216 (ebook)
1609382218 (ebook)

 
    
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