Imaginary citizens : child readers and the limits of American independence, 1640-1868 /

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From the colonial period to the end of the Civil War, children’s books taught young Americans how to be good citizens and gave them the freedom, autonomy, and possibility to imagine themselves as such, despite the actual limitations of the law concerning child citizenship. This book argues that the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weikle-Mills, Courtney (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Children > Books and reading > United States > History.
Children's literature, American > History and criticism.
Citizenship > United States > History.
Enfants > Livres et lecture > États-Unis > Histoire.
Littérature de jeunesse américaine > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Children > Books and reading
Children's literature, American
Citizenship
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : From Subjects to Citizens : The Politics of Childhood and Children’s Literature
  • Youth as a Time of Choice : Children’s Reading in Colonial New England
  • Affectionate Citizenship : Educating Child Readers for a New Nation
  • Child Readers of the Novel : The Problem of Childish Citizenship
  • Reading for Social Profit : Economic Citizenship as Children’s Citizenship
  • Natural Citizenship : Children, Slaves, and the Book of Nature
  • Conclusion : The Legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment : Limited Thinking on Children’s Citizenship.

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