A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
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| Year of Publication |
2008
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| Contributors |
Author:
Alex Beam |
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| Number of Pages |
245 pp.
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| Publisher |
Public Affairs
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| City |
New York, NY
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| ISBN |
9781586484873
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| Annotation |
Examines the Great Books "mania" of the 1950s and 1960s.
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
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