Description
In this deeply researched and engaging book, Paul B. Ringel combines an analysis of the stories in nineteenth-century American children's magazines with the backstories of their authors, editors, and publishers to explain how this hugely successful industry trained generations of American children to become genteel consumers. Ringel demonstrates how these publications, which were read in hundreds of thousands of homes, played to two conflicting impulses within American families: to shield children from commercial influences by offering earnest and moral entertainment and to help children learn how to prosper in an increasingly market-driven society.
Book Information
ISBN 9781625341914
Author Paul B. Ringel
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint University of Massachusetts Press
Publisher University of Massachusetts Press
Weight(grams) 442g