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

• Autore: Weikle-Mills Courtney
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/9282
• Soggetto topico: Children - Books and reading - United States - History; Children's literature, American - History and criticism; Citizenship - United States - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: From Subjects to Citizens: The Politics of Childhood and Childrenâ€?s Literature""; ""1 Youth as a Time of Choice: Childrenâ€?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 Childrenâ€?s Citizenship""; ""5 Natural Citizenship: Children, Slaves, and the Book of Nature"" ; ""CONCLUSION: The Legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment: Limited Thinking on Childrenâ€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: Courtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imaginary citizens
• ISBN: 1-4214-0807-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818107203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II