Commercializing childhood : children's magazines, urban gentility, and the ideal of the American child, 1823-1918 / Paul B. Ringel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ringel, Paul B., 1968- author.

Series:

Studies in print culture and the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's periodicals, American--History--19th century.

Children's periodicals, American--History--20th century.

Children--Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.

Children--Books and reading.

Child consumers.

History.

Children's periodicals, American.

United States.

Children--Books and reading--United States--History--20th century.

Child consumers--United States--History--19th century.

Child consumers--United States--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2015]

Contents:

Introduction

Establishing children's magazines, 1823/1856. Deacon Willis's Companion

Aunt Maria's Miscellany and the limits of gentility

Commercializing children's magazines, 1857/1873. Perry Mason and sensational gentility

The youth's companion and the Civil War

The cultural custodians

The jack-in-the-pulpit

Sustaining children's magazines, 1873/1918. Tales and the city

Children's magazines and modern childhood

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781625341914

1625341911

9781625341907

1625341903

OCLC:

911921055