Empire's Nursery : Children's Literature and the Origins of the American Century /

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"America's empire was not made by adults only. In fact, junior citizens were essential to its creation. Children's literature during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries sought to impart an imperial consciousness among the nation's youth, while adult authors strive to raise ris...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rouleau, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Young adult literature, American.
Internationalism in literature.
Children's literature, American.
Internationalisme dans la litterature.
Litterature pour jeunes adultes americaine > Histoire et critique.
Litterature de jeunesse americaine > Histoire et critique.
Young adult literature, American > History and criticism.
Children's literature, American > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Juvenile foreign relations ; or, policy at the level of popular fiction
  • How the West was fun
  • Serialized imperialism
  • Empire's amateurs
  • Internationalist impulses
  • Dollar diplomacy for the price of a few nickels
  • Comic book cold war
  • The empire writes back.

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