 | Reading Children: Literacy, Property, and the Dilemmas of Childhood in Nineteenth-Century America Subjects: Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Literacy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Socialization -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Chi; Reading Children offers a history of the relationship between children and books in Anglo-American modernity, exploring early children's literature, pedagogical practices, property lessons inherent in children's book ownership, and the emergence of childhood itself as a literary property. Patricia Crain is Professor of English at New York University and author of The Story of A: The Alphabetization of America from The New England Primer to The Scarlet Letter. |
