Courtney Weikle Mills: 1 book
Imaginary Citizens
Child Readers and the Limits of American Independence, 1640–1868
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
From the colonial period to the end of the Civil War, children’s books taught young Americans how to be good citizens and gave them the freedom, autonomy, and possibility to imagine themselves as such, despite the actual limitations of the law concerning child citizenship. Imaginary Citizens argues...
