Culture club : the curious history of the Boston Athenaeum /

Culture club : the curious history of the Boston Athenaeum /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolff, Katherine, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Boston Athenaeum > History.
Subscription libraries > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Boston (Mass.) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Boston's conflicted elite
  • The collector
  • Sweet are the fruits of letters
  • A woman framed
  • Ornament for the city
  • The color of gentility
  • Pamphlet war
  • Conclusion: Ex libris.