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Bestseller : a century of America's favorite books
- Title
- Bestseller : a century of America's favorite books / Robert McParland.
- Author
- McParland, Robert
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-3956 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 307 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book looks at the bestselling titles since the early 20th century. The author considers how the popular circulation of these books reflected Americas consciousness and tastes at different junctures in the country's history.
- Subjects
- Best sellers
- Books and reading
- Best sellers > United States > History > 20th century
- History
- Books and reading > United States > History > 21st century
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
- HISTORY / United States
- 1900-2099
- United States
- Best sellers > United States > History > 21st century
- Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Reaching the top of the shelf: discovering a century of bestsellers -- Birth of the bestseller : The 1890s to the 1930s -- The 1940s : All the books fit to sell -- The 1950s : Cold War anxiety: from Holden Caulfield to James Bond -- The 1960s : New frontiers: from Harper Lee to Kurt Vonnegut -- The 1970s : The age of narcissism -- The 1980s: The rise of the superstar author -- The 1990s : Means of ascent: publisher consolidation, superstores, and the Internet -- The 2000s : E-books and the new millennium -- The 2010s : James Patterson Inc. and the soul of America.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3956
- ISBN
- 9781538109991
- 1538109999
- 9781538110003 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018029808
- OCLC
- 1044777143
- Author
- McParland, Robert, author.
- Title
- Bestseller : a century of America's favorite books / Robert McParland.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Other Form:
- Online version: McParland, Robert. Bestseller. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781538110003 (DLC) 2018033216
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3956