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Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American Century

Name: Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American Century
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Book Synopsis: How children and children's literature helped build America's empireAmerica's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, young people became essential to its creation. Through children's literature, authors instilled the idea of America's power and the importance of its global prominence. As kids eagerly read dime novels, series fiction, pulp magazines, and comic books that dramatized the virtues of empire, they helped entrench a growing belief in America's indispensability to the international order.Empires more generally require stories to justify their existence. Children's literature seeded among young people a conviction that their country's command of a continent (and later the world) was essential to global stability. This genre allowed ardent imperialists to obscure their aggressive agendas with a veneer of harmlessness or fun. The supposedly nonthreatening nature of the child and children's literature thereby helped to disguise dominion's unsavory nature.The modern era has been called both the “American Century” and the “Century of the Child.” Brian Rouleau illustrates how those conceptualizations came together by depicting children in their influential role as the junior partners of US imperial enterprise.

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Discover the untold story of America's empire-building with Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American Century. This captivating book reveals how children and children's literature played a crucial role in shaping America's global prominence. From dime novels to comic books, young readers were immersed in thrilling tales that highlighted the virtues of empire, instilling in them a belief in America's indispensable role in the international order.

Embrace the power of storytelling as a tool for empire-building. Empire's Nursery demonstrates how children's literature ingeniously masked aggressive agendas with a veneer of harmlessness and fun. Young readers became unknowing accomplices in promoting America's dominance, as they eagerly consumed stories that justified the country's command of a continent and later, the world.

Join author Brian Rouleau as he unravels the fascinating connection between the "American Century" and the "Century of the Child." Through meticulous research, Rouleau unveils the influential role children played as junior partners in US imperial enterprise. Get ready to see history through a fresh lens and gain a deeper understanding of how narratives shaped America's rise to power.

Don't miss out on this eye-opening exploration of America's empire-building through the lens of children's literature. Order your copy of Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American Century today and delve into the captivating world of stories that shaped a nation.

Order now to embark on an enlightening journey through the intertwined history of children and America's global empire.

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