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Author Ostrowski, Carl, 1968-

Title Books, maps, and politics : a cultural history of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861 / Carl Ostrowski.

Publication Info. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2004]
©2004
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  Z733.U58 O87 2004    Available  ---
Description x, 261 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Studies in print culture and the history of the book
Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-252) and index.
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.
Subject Library of Congress -- History -- 18th century.
Library of Congress.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Library of Congress -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject National libraries -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 18th century.
National libraries.
Washington (D.C.)
National libraries -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 1558494332 alkaline paper

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