Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861 / Carl Ostrowsk...
Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861 / Carl Ostrowsk...
Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861 / Carl Ostrowski.
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Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N027.573/20
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English
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Physical content
x, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Library and the History of the Book -- Ch. 1. Books, Classical Republicanism, and Proposals for a Congressional Library -- Ch. 2. Madison's Vision Realized, 1800-1812 -- Ch. 3. Thomas Jefferson, George Watterston, and the Library, 1814-1829 -- Ch. 4. Jacksonian Democracy and the Li...
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Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2004.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"The author explores the relationship between the Library and the period's expanding print culture. He identifies the books that legislators required to be placed in the Library and establishes how these volumes were used. His analysis of the earliest printed catalogs of the Library reveals that law, politics, economics, geography, and history were...
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Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861 / Carl Ostrowski.
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Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N027.573/20
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74VKDxm6xdPy
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ISBN
1558494332 :
9781558494336 (alk. paper)
1558494332 (alk. paper)
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027.573
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991019136859702626
