The Making of Middlebrow Culture by Joan Shelley Rubin

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The Making of Middlebrow Culture by Joan Shelley Rubin

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The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, “outline” volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. Joan Rubin here provides the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon, the rise of American middlebrow culture, and the values encompassed by it.

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The Making of Middlebrow Culture by Joan Shelley Rubin

The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, outline volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. Joan Rubin here provides the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon, the rise of American middlebrow culture, and the values encompassed by it.
Joan Shelley Rubin, professor of history at the University of Rochester, is author of Constance Rourke and American Culture.
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ISBN 13 9780807843543
ISBN 10 0807843547
Title The Making of Middlebrow Culture
Author Joan Shelley Rubin
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Year published 1992-03-31
Number of pages 438
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