The popular book: a history of America's literary taste

James David HART

University of California Press, 1950 - Books and reading - 351 pages

Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Vll chapter 1 The Practice of Piety: 3
• The Age of Reason: 22
• Common Sense: 39
• The Power of Sympathy: 51
• The Ancient Regime: 67
• Home Influence: 85
• The Gates Ajar: 106
• The Spirit of Poetry: 125
• Roughing It: 140
• The Gilded Age: 157
• When Knighthood Was in Flower: 180
• Their Yesterdays: 201
• The Plastic Age: 224
• Little Man What Now?: 246
• Postscript How to Win Friends and Influence People: 283
• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST: 289
• CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX: 301
• INDEX: 319

Bibliographic information

• Title: The popular book: a history of America's literary taste
• Author: James David HART
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1950
• ISBN: 0520005384, 9780520005389
• Length: 351 pages