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Barr, Janet Louise Cook – 1976
Content analysis of children's books recommended, between 1883 and 1939, for American libraries indicated that immigrants were not depicted to any great extent in the books studied. It was also found that increases and decreases in the number of recommended children's books describing immigrant characters were not correlated with immigration…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences