A History of Children's Reading and Literature
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A History of Children's Reading and Literature

The Commonwealth and International Library: Library and Technical Information Division

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A History of Children's Reading and Literature

The Commonwealth and International Library: Library and Technical Information Division

About this book

A History of Children's Reading and Literature presents the pattern of educational activity in relation to the methods undertaken in the schools, and the extent to which books are used in the advancement of literacy. This book describes the factors that are contributory or detrimental to the growth of literacy, including educational provision, the availability of school and public libraries, the use of books in schools, and the parallel evolution of recreational literature of all kinds. Organized into 22 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the educational activity during the years of economic depression wherein economic factors resulted in a national state of social unrest that both State and Church came to recognize could be controlled only by the extension of education. This text then describes the successive educational legislation and other factors that contributed to the advancement of public libraries in the last three decades of the 19th century. This book is a valuable resource for teachers, parents, and students.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780080125862
eBook ISBN
9781483138145
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism History & Theory
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. A History of Children's Reading and Literature
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. PREFACE
  7. Chapter 1. Light in the Darkness 1740–1830
  8. Chapter 2. The Dawn of Literacy 1830–1850
  9. Chapter 3. Reading for Pleasure 1830–1860
  10. Chapter 4. School Libraries 1830–1850
  11. Chapter 5. The Stagnant Years in Education 1850–1870
  12. Chapter 6. Books in Schools 1850–1870
  13. Chapter 7. School and Public Libraries 1850–1870
  14. Chapter 8. The Golden Years of Children's Literature Part I 1860–1890
  15. Chapter 9. Elementary Education for All 1870–1902
  16. Chapter 10. School Books and Literacy 1870–1902
  17. Chapter 11. School Libraries 1870–1902
  18. Chapter 12. Public Libraries for Children 1870–1902
  19. Chapter 13. The Golden Years of Children's Literature Part II 1890–1920
  20. Chapter 14. Educational Progress and Practice 1902–1918
  21. Chapter 15. Libraries for Children 1902–1919
  22. Chapter 16. Years of Decision in Education 1918–1945
  23. Chapter 17. Mediocrity and Escapism in Children's Literatun 1920–1945
  24. Chapter 18. Libraries for Children 1919–1945
  25. Chapter 19. Secondary Education for All 1945–1965
  26. Chapter 20. A Second Golden Age in Children's Literature 1945–1965
  27. Chapter 21. Libraries for Children 1945–1965
  28. Chapter 22. Literacy for All
  29. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  30. INDEX