POPULAR READING OHM C

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List of contents

• List of illustrations


• List of tables


• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: Popular reading and publishing 1870-1914


• 2: 'Books are a commodity': The commercialization of popular fiction


• 3: 'The quickest way out of Glasgow': Adult reading habits


• 4: 'Take the place of valium': Mills and Boon Ltd


• 5: 'We must prevent the leakage': Children's reading habits


• 6: 'Get me the boy from the age of six': D. C. Thomson and Co., Ltd


• 7: 'The public mind might be diverted': The Religious Tract Society


• 8: Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Free-lance writer and historian

Product details

• Authors: Mcaleer, McAleer Joseph
• Publisher: Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.1992
• EAN: 9780198203292
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820329-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 511 g
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade