American children's literature and the construction of childhood / [print]
Gail Schmunk Murray.
- New York : Twayne Publishers ; (c)1998. London : Prentice Hall International, (c)1998.
- xix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Twayne's history of American childhood series .
- Twayne's history of American childhood series. .
The sinful child: anglo-American colonial children's literature, 1690-1810 Virtues for the new republic, 1790-1850 Good girls, bad boys, 1850-1890 Middle-class child consumers, 1880-1920 Race, ethnicity, and region, 1850-1930 Idealized realism, 1920-1950 Child liberation, 1950-1990.
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Children's literature, American--History and criticism. Children--United States--Books and reading. Children in literature.