1. Cultural pluralism and the book world

   • John P. Dessauer

   Books in Our Pluralistic Culture Pages: 3 - 6

2. Reading is not eating: Mass-produced literature and the theoretical, methodological, and political consequences of a metaphor

   • Janice A. Radway

   Books in Our Pluralistic Culture Pages: 7 - 29

3. The treatment of race in picture books for young children

   • Leslie Edmonds

   Books in Our Pluralistic Culture Pages: 30 - 41

4. Changing book publishing objectives of secular black book publishers, 1900–1986

   • Donald Franklin Joyce

   Books in Our Pluralistic Culture Pages: 42 - 50

5. Copyright and the library of the future

   • Hendrik Edelman

   Books in Our Pluralistic Culture Pages: 51 - 61

6. The ambivalent scholar

   • Robert Wedgeworth

   Books in Our Pluralistic Culture Pages: 62 - 71

7. Children’s book-reading habits: A new criterion for literacy

   • Paul T. Wilson
   • Richard C. Anderson
   • Linda G. Fielding

   Also in This Issue Pages: 72 - 84

8. U.S. book industries

   Also in This Issue Pages: 85 - 88

9. Reporting book prices

   • Frederick C. Lynden

   Also in This Issue Pages: 89 - 91

10. Book reviews

    • Hendrik Edelman
    • John P. Dessauer
    • Kay Vandergrift

    BookReview Pages: 92 - 94