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

By James David Hart

Book Overview

The Popular Book: A History of America's Literary Taste by James D. Hart traces how ordinary readers across four centuries have shaped, and been shaped by, what they read. Beginning with the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B0000CLAOB
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: U of California Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 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.