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Format:
Book
Title:
Bestseller : a century of America's favorite books
Other title(s):
Best seller
ISBN:
9781538109991
Publication:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Physical Description:
xxv, 307 pages ; 24 cm
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.
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.
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