The Popular Book: A History of America's Literary Taste

by James David Hart

Book Overview

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520005384
• ISBN13: 9780520005389
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Bestsellers, from the Pilgrims to the Great Depression

This is a very readable social history, identifying books that American consumers made best-sellers. Explores social mores, historical background of each era, and provides interesting details about bookselling and the development of the publishing industry. Highly recommended.