{"product_id":"reading-in-america-9780801838002","title":"Reading in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture.\"--'South Atlantic Review. '\"The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent...'Reading in America' shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars.\"--'Journal of American History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging collection of essays, offering in their various ways a history of books and reading in the United States from colonial times to the present, will appeal to all students of American A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture. South Atlantic Review. The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent... Reading in America shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars. Journal of American History A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture South Atlantic Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. What is the History of Books?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Literacy Instruction and Gender in Colonial New England\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Chapbooks in America\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. A Republican Literature\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The World in Black and White\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Life and Times of Charlotte Temple\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Antebellum Reading and the Ironies of Technological Innovation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Sense and Sensibility\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Reflections on the Changing Publishing Objectives of Secular Black Book Publishers, 1900—1986\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Becoming Noncanonical\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Book-of-the-Month Club and the General Reader\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Literacy and Mass Media\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405183492439,"sku":"9780801838002","price":24.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-in-america-9780801838002","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}