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Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861
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Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861

Author: Carl Ostrowski
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2004.
Series: Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Carl Ostrowski
ISBN: 1558494332 9781558494336 9781558497801 1558497803
OCLC Number: 52773731
Description: x, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Books, classical republicanism, and proposals for a congressional library --
Madison's vision realized, 1800-1812 --
Thomas Jefferson, George Watterston, and the library, 1814-1829 --
Jacksonian democracy and the library, 1829-1843 --
James Alfred Pearce, the Smithsonian Institution, and the question of a national library, 1844-1859 --
Congressmen use their library, 1840-1859.
Series Title: Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Responsibility: Carl Ostrowski.
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