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Author Beam, Alex.

Title A great idea at the time : the rise, fall, and curious afterlife of the Great Books / Alex Beam.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.91 BEAM    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  973.91 BEA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.91 BEA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  973.91 BEAM    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents The headwaters -- The odd couple -- The Great Books in the gray city -- Great Books good for you! -- The making of the books -- Faster, pussycat! Sell! Sell! -- Second verse not the same as the first -- The people of the book -- Epictetus at the cash register: Chicago and Columbia -- Hard core: St. John's College -- Among the bookies -- Dead books walking.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.
Local Note WNDSR Gift of the Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotary in honor of James Babb.
Subject United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Great books of the Western world.
Canon (Literature) -- History and criticism.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Books and reading -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Books and reading -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Education, Humanistic -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781586484873 alkaline paper
1586484877 alkaline paper
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