{"product_id":"9781350361607","title":"Children’s Publishing in Cold War France Hachette in the Age of Surveillance and Control","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eChildren’s Publishing in Cold War France\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHachette in the Age of Surveillance and Control\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSophie Heywood | Lisa Sainsbury\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Children's \u0026amp; Young Adult Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the history of Cold War censorship legislation and its impact on the French publishing industry for children, this open access book focuses on the publisher Hachette to detail how it dominated the country's new context of surveillance and control. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing extensive new multilingual archive material including legal and business records and US State Department files, Sophie Heywood traces both the history of the French Communist Party's (PCF) and anti-comics activists' efforts to prevent American 'propaganda' reaching the hands of children, and Hachette's strategic and editorial responses. \u003ci\u003eChildren's Publishing in Cold War France \u003c\/i\u003ecovers such events as the campaign waged against the global multi-media phenomenon \u003ci\u003eTarzan\u003c\/i\u003e; the impact of Cold War tensions on Hachette's publishing of Disney books and comics in French; and studies the translation of series fiction from\u003ci\u003e Nancy Drew\u003c\/i\u003e to\u003ci\u003e The Famous Five,\u003c\/i\u003e where self-censorship could be a radical and creative process. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren's Publishing in Cold War France \u003c\/i\u003epresents a timely historical study of how states and political campaigners seek to control children's access to culture, and the legacies of such conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Reading.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSophie Heywood \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in French and a founding co-director of the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing at the University of Reading, UK. She specializes in the history of comparative children's literature and publishing. Her first monograph was a literary and publishing history of iconic French children's author, the Comtesse de Ségur (2011). She has published numerous articles and book chapters in English and French in internationally rated history journals, international children's literature publications. Her research has been funded by prestigious grant bodies including the Carnegie Trust, the Institute for Historical Research and the Leverhulme Trust.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350361607\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936261701772,"sku":"9781350361607","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_86ecfaba-4c5b-40af-909f-67d335d7bc77.jpg?v=1786016764","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350361607","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}