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

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

Author/creator	Wadsworth, Sarah, 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2006.
Description	xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	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--Publishing --United States --History --19th century. Children--Books and reading --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.

Series	Studies in print culture and the history of the book Studies in print culture and the history of the book. ^A388034
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and index.
LCCN	2006003174
ISBN	1558495401 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	155849541X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781558495418

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	Z473 .W33 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold