Popular reading and publishing in Britain, 1914-1950 / Joseph McAleer
- Bib ID:
- 2581282
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- Author:
- McAleer, Joseph
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- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992
- 284 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0198203292
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
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- List of tables
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Popular reading and publishing 1870-1914
- 3. 'Books are a commodity': The commercialization of popular fiction
- 4. 'The quickest way out of Glasgow': Adult reading habits
- 5. 'Take the place of valium': Mills & Boon Ltd
- 6. 'We must prevent the leakage': Children's reading habits
- 7. 'Get me the boy from the age of six': D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
- 8. 'The public mind might be diverted': The Religious Tract Society
- 9. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-276) and index.
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