America's library : the story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000
James Conaway, Edmund Morris (Other), Library of Congress (Other)
Traces the history of the Library of Congress under the leadership of each of the men who have been appointed as Librarian of Congress and discusses how the Library's collections have reflected American political and intellectual developments.
Print Book, English, ©2000
Yale University Press in association with the Library of Congress, New Haven, Conn., ©2000
History
xiii, 226 s. : illustrations (vissa i färg)
9780300083088, 0300083084
185695801
Foreword | vi | ||||
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Author's Note | viii | ||||
One Writer's Library | ix | ||||
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Prologue | 3 | (2) | |||
| 5 | (22) | |||
| 27 | (29) | |||
| 56 | (31) | |||
| 87 | (27) | |||
| 114 | (25) | |||
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| 163 | (20) | |||
| 183 | (28) | |||
Bibliography | 211 | (8) | |||
Index | 219 |