Bookwomen - Creating an Empire in Children''s Book Publishing, 1919-1939

Informationen zum Autor Jacalyn Eddy is lecturer in humanities at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Klappentext The most comprehensive account of the women who, as librarians, editors, and founders of the Horn Book, shaped the modern children's book industry between 1919 and 1939. The lives of Anne Carroll Moore, Alice Jordan, Louise Seaman Bechtel, May Massee, Bertha Mahony Miller, and Elinor Whitney Field open up for readers the world of female professionalization. What emerges is a vivid illustration of some of the cultural debates of the time, including concerns about "good reading" for children and about women's negotiations between domesticity and participation in the paid labor force and the costs and payoffs of professional life. Published in collaboration among the University of Wisconsin Press, the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America (a joint program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System Office of Scholarly Communication. Zusammenfassung Presents a comprehensive account of the women who! as librarians! editors! and founders of the ""Horn Book""! shaped the modern children's book industry between 1919 and 1939. This book illustrates some of the cultural debates of the time! including concerns about ""good reading"" for children! the costs and payoffs of professional life! and more.

Product details

• Authors: Jacalyn Eddy
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2006
• EAN: 9780299217945
• ISBN: 978-0-299-21794-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Print Culture History in Moder; Print Culture History in Modern America S.; Print Culture History in Modern America; Print Culture History in Modern America; Print Culture History in Moder
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism