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America's library : the story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000

Author: James Conaway; Library of Congress.
Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2000.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Conaway; Library of Congress.
ISBN: 0300083084 9780300083088
OCLC Number: 42980123
Description: xiii, 226 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: 1. Such books as may be necessary (1800-1814) -- 2. Source (1814-1861) -- 3. Crystal fountain (1861-1896) -- 4. Round table (1897-1939) -- 5. Comet and the ploughman (1939-1954) -- 6. Delicate balance (1954-1974) -- 7. Republic of letters (1975-1987) -- 8. Accessible (1987-2000).
Responsibility: James Conaway ; foreword by James H. Billington ; introduction by Edmund Morris.
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