Samuel Eliot Morison's Historical World: Pre-Twentieth-Century American and European Painting and...
Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, most Americans 'heard' rather than 'read' national history...
Scrutinizes and contextualizes the original 19th century children's history books on which recent...
In the 1840s a revolution began in both book publishing and the presentation of American history....
'Between 1932 and 1958, thousands of children read volumes in the book series Childhood of Famous...
'Between 1932 and 1958, thousands of children read volumes in the book series Childhood of Famous...
Based on deep archival research into the publication history of the ‘Childhood of Famous American...
'While adult concern about gender in children's books has made recent headlines, this discussion ...