Reading in America: Literature and Social History - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801838002 ISBN 13: 9780801838002

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989

Synopsis

A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture.--'South Atlantic Review. 'The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent...'Reading in America' shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars.--'Journal of American History.

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From the Back Cover:

'Books and the society in which they are created are intimately connected. The authors of 'Reading in America' demonstrate the validity of this thesis. Nothing yet published resembles this book. It is wide-ranging, rich, original and substantial.'

Review:

"This engaging collection of essays, offering in their various ways a history of books and reading in the United States from colonial times to the present, will appeal to all students of American A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture."

(South Atlantic Review.)

"The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent... Reading in America shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars."

(Journal of American History)

"A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture"

(South Atlantic Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0801838002
• ISBN 13: 9780801838002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Davidson Cathy N.