Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

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Before the advent of television, reading was among the most popular of leisure activities. `Light' fiction - romances, thrillers, westerns - was the sustenance of millions in wartime and in peace. This lively and scholarly study examines the size and complexion of the reading public and the development of an increasingly commercialized publishing industry in the early twentieth century.Joseph McAleer uses a wide variety of sources, including the Mass Observation Archive and previously confidential publishers' records, to explore the nature of popular fiction and its readers. He analyses the editorial policies which created the success of Mills & Boon and D. C. Thomson, and also charts the rise and fall of the Religious Tract Society as a popular publisher.

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Utgivningsdatum1992-12-10
Mått144 x 220 x 23 mm
Vikt496 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford Historical Monographs
Antal sidor304
FörlagClarendon Press
ISBN9780198203292
UtmärkelserJoint winner of ^IThe Longman/^RHistory Today^I Book of the Year Prize^R for 1992

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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 & 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 & Co., Ltd ; 7. 'The public mind might be diverted': The Religious Tract Society ; 8. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index

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