Imaginary citizens : child readers and the limits of American independence, 1640-1868 /
Weikle-Mills, Courtney,
Imaginary citizens : child readers and the limits of American independence, 1640-1868 / Courtney Weikle-Mills. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: From Subjects to Citizens: The Politics of Childhood and Children�s Literature""; ""1 Youth as a Time of Choice: Children�s Reading in Colonial New England""; ""2 Affectionate Citizenship: Educating Child Readers for a New Nation""; ""3 Child Readers of the Novel: The Problem of Childish Citizenship""; ""4 Reading for Social Profit: Economic Citizenship as Children�s Citizenship""; ""5 Natural Citizenship: Children, Slaves, and the Book of Nature"" ""CONCLUSION: The Legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment: Limited Thinking on Children�s Citizenship""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
9781421408071
Children--Books and reading--History.--United States
Children's literature, American--History and criticism.
Citizenship--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
PS490 / .I434 2013
Imaginary citizens : child readers and the limits of American independence, 1640-1868 / Courtney Weikle-Mills. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: From Subjects to Citizens: The Politics of Childhood and Children�s Literature""; ""1 Youth as a Time of Choice: Children�s Reading in Colonial New England""; ""2 Affectionate Citizenship: Educating Child Readers for a New Nation""; ""3 Child Readers of the Novel: The Problem of Childish Citizenship""; ""4 Reading for Social Profit: Economic Citizenship as Children�s Citizenship""; ""5 Natural Citizenship: Children, Slaves, and the Book of Nature"" ""CONCLUSION: The Legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment: Limited Thinking on Children�s Citizenship""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
9781421408071
Children--Books and reading--History.--United States
Children's literature, American--History and criticism.
Citizenship--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
PS490 / .I434 2013