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020    9780691188911|q(hardcover) 
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035    (OCoLC)1101621696 
037    |bPrinceton Univ Pr, C/O Ips Jackson 210 American Dr, 
       Jackson, TN, USA, 38301|nSAN 631-8630 
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100 1  Martin, Peter,|d1940-|eauthor. 
245 14 The dictionary wars :|bthe American fight over the English
       language /|cPeter Martin. 
246 34 Dic*tion*ar*y wars 
246 30 American fight over the English language 
264  1 Princeton, New Jersey :|bPrinceton University Press,
       |c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    x, 358 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-347) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part one. Noah Webster's battles. British mockery and 
       American disdain ; Noah Webster: "The wildest innovator" ;
       Webster's first dictionary ; Displacing Delilah ; The 
       lexicographer's fifth column ; Tea and copyright: Goodrich
       takes over ; Spelling wars: the rise of Lyman Cobb ; The 
       "common thief" ; Webster's decline -- Part two. The 
       Merriams at war. Taking Webster out of Webster: from 
       family feuds to the Merriam Brothers ; Waiting for 
       Worcester ; The Bohn affair ; Converse's complaint ; 
       Children, money, and "trash" ; High stakes: "Have we a 
       national standard of language?" ; The "terrible rival": 
       Worcesterian resurgence ; The Merriams triumphant: 
       "Worcester! Worcester! all change for Webster!" -- 
       Conclusion -- Appendix A: The "Webster" brand -- Appendix 
       B: Four centuries of selected dictionaries of the English 
       language -- Appendix C: Publishing terms -- Appendix D: 
       "The spelling bee at Angels (reported by Truthful James),"
       by Bret Harte. 
520    Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early 
       American republic to produce a definitive national 
       dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 
       Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a 
       cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a 
       battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and 
       publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and 
       shattering forever the dream of a unified American 
       language. 
600 10 Webster, Noah,|d1758-1843. 
600 10 Worcester, Joseph E.|q(Joseph Emerson),|d1784-1865. 
610 20 G. & C. Merriam Company. 
650  0 English language|zUnited States|xLexicography|xHistory. 
650  0 English language|xLexicography|xHistory. 
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