Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction -- Landmarks of modern literature -- Nature's realm -- Protest & progress -- Colonialism & its aftermath -- Mind & spirit -- Popular culture & mass entertainment -- Women rise -- Economics & technology -- Utopias & dystopias -- War, holocaust, totalitarianism -- Optimism, joy, gentility -- Favorites of childhood and youth |
Summary |
This volume takes readers on a thought-provoking tour of the 20th century, through the medium of the printed word. Here readers will find over 150 pivotal works organized into topical categories, reflecting themes that have informed the century. Each is introduced with a brief commentary illuminating the themes and issues the books in that section address, followed by an annotation for each title offering a brief description and a key to its significance |
Notes |
Derived from an exhibition on view at the New York Public Library |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-221) |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions
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Civilization, Modern -- 19th century -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions
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REFERENCE.
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Civilization
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Civilization, Modern
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Literatuur.
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Culturele waarden.
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New York Public Library.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions
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United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918 -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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Exhibition catalogs
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Diefendorf, Elizabeth.
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New York Public Library
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LC no. |
95052685 |
ISBN |
9781429415798 |
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1429415797 |
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1280529679 |
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9781280529672 |
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0195117905 |
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9780195117905 |
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