"Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911

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Copyright  2011 by university of Massachusetts Press all rights reserved Printed in the united States of america lC 2011015730 iSBn 978-1-55849-894-5 (paper); 893-8 (library cloth) designed by Sally nichols Set in granjon Printed and bound by thomson-Shore, inc. library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data hochman, Barbara. uncle tom’s Cabin and the reading revolution : race, literacy, childhood, and fiction, 1851–1911 / Barbara hochman. p. cm. — (Studies in print culture and the history of the book) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-1-55849-894-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) — iSBn 978-1-55849-893-8 (library cloth : alk. paper) 1. Stowe, harriet Beecher, 1811–1896. uncle tom’s Cabin. 2. Books and reading— united States—history—19th century. 3. literature and society—united States— history—19th century. 4. african americans in literature. i. title. PS2954.u6h63 2011 813'.3—dc22 2011015730 British library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. For Baruch, Mike, and Benjy—who know a good story when they hear one. ...