Title Making Americans : children's literature from 1930 to 1960 / by Gary D. Schmidt

Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Imagining American democracy: self-reliance and social cooperation -- James Daugherty: the democracy of the American pioneer -- Defining American democracy: normalizing inclusion -- The "Childhood of Famous Americans" series: challenges to mythic narratives -- Adapting American democracy: responding to the urgencies of war -- Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire: America as the land of opportunity -- Globalizing American democracy: exporting the American heritage -- Virginia Lee Burton and Robert McCloskey: (in)security in America Summary American children need books that draw on their own history and circumstances, not just the classic European fairy tales. They need books that enlist them in the great democratic experiment that is the United States. These were the beliefs of many of the authors, illustrators, editors, librarians, and teachers who expanded and transformed children's book publishing between the 1930s and the 1960s. Although some later critics have argued that the books published in this era offered a vision of a safe, secure, simple world without injustice or unhappy endings, Gary D. Schmidt shows that the progr Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Children's literature, American -- History and criticism National characteristics, American, in literature. Democracy in literature. Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Children's Literature. Children -- Books and reading. Children's literature, American. Children's literature -- Publishing. Democracy in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. Kinderliteratur Jugendliteratur Amerikanisches Englisch Demokratie Motiv Nationalbewusstsein Motiv Nationell identitet i litteraturen. Ideologi och litteratur. Socialisation. United States. Förenta staterna. Genre/Form Literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Literature. Littérature. Form Electronic book LC no. 2013010352 ISBN 9781609382216 1609382218

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