Popular History and the Literary Marketplace, 1840-1920

by Gregory M. Pfitzer

Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, most Americans "heard" rather than "read" national history. They absorbed lessons from the past more readily by attending Patriots' Day orations and anniversary commemorations than by reading expensive, multivolume works of patrician historians. By the 1840s, however, innovations in publishing led to the marketing of inexpensive, mass-produced "popular" histories that had a profound influence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558496254
• ISBN13: 9781558496255
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"