1st Edition
‘The Right Thing to Read’ A History of Australian Girl-Readers, 1910-1960
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Girlhood reading in the First World War
2 Magazine reading and access in the 1920s
3 Libraries, education and reading in the Great Depression
4 Girl-readers in the Second World War
5 1950s Australia and a new Australian children’s literature
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Bronwyn Lowe is a historian of Australian book history and girlhood, who examines attitudes towards girls’ reading habits in the past. Her most recent journal articles have appeared in History Compass and Book History. She currently works as a sessional lecturer of Australian Studies at the University of Melbourne.
"This is an important contribution to the growing field of girlhood studies, using a range of sources to assess what Australian girls were reading and how their identity as citizens was affected by those choices." -- Nancy G. Rosoff, Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Arcadia University (USA)
