Making Americans
Children's literature, AmericanHistory and criticismNational characteristics, American, in literatureDemocracy in literatureChildren's literaturePublishingHistoryChildren
Making Americans is a study of a time when the authors and illustrators of children's books consciously set their eyes on national and international sights, with the hope of bringing the next generation into a full sense of citizenship. Schmidt examines the literature for young people published during a momentous period in our nation's past, and documents in detail its role as an instrument of nation-building and social reform. A thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of children's books as cultural transmitters and transformers.
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