02857nam 2200613 450 991077780010332120230421045112.00-19-972874-71-280-52967-997866105296741-4294-1579-7(CKB)1000000000468106(EBL)273088(OCoLC)870243699(SSID)ssj0000210983(PQKBManifestationID)12024579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000210983(PQKBWorkID)10291574(PQKB)11223498(MiAaPQ)EBC273088(Au-PeEL)EBL273088(CaPaEBR)ebr11303276(CaONFJC)MIL52967(EXLCZ)99100000000046810620161201h19961996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe New York Library's books of the century /Elizabeth Diefendorf, editor ; illustrations by Diana BryanNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1996.©19961 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511790-5 Contents; Acknowledgments; 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; List of First Editions; Notes; A Note About the ArtistWhat are the books that helped shape and define the last hundred years? This was the question put to the librarians of The New York Public Library as part of the Library's 100th anniversary celebration. Which books had influenced the course of events for good or ill? Which interpreted newworlds? Or delighted millions of readers? Their answers to these questions formed ""Books of the Century,"" a highly popular exhibit during the Library's centennial celebration (1895 to 1995), highlighting an exhilarating collection of important works by some of the greatest writers of our times. Now, the Civilization, Modern20th centuryBibliographyExhibitionsCivilization19th centuryExhibitionsUnited StatesCivilization20th centuryBibliographyCivilization, ModernCivilization011Diefendorf ElizabethBryan DianaNew York Public LibraryMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777800103321The New York Library's books of the century3755679UNINA