History repeating itself
Subtitle: the republication of children's historical literature and the Christian right
By: Gregory M. Pfitzer
Series: Studies in print culture and the history of the book
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781625341242; 9781625341235
Subjects: History; Textbooks; History publishing; Historiography; Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "the past we choose to remember"; title: Narrative history: Samuel Goodrich and truth in children's history; title: Pedagogical history: the Abbott brothers and progressive approaches to the past; title: Gendered history: Josephine Pollard and monosyllabic histories; title: Providential history: Charles Carleton Coffin and the home study movement; title: Biographical history: Elbridge S. Brooks and the childhood lives of great men; title: Doctrinal history: Charles Morris and the search for "lost history"; title: Conclusion: the recycled past.