TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beam,Alex
TI  - A great idea at the time: the rise, fall, and curious afterlife of the Great books 
SN  - 9781586484873 (alk. paper)
AV  - E169.12 .B333 2008
U1  - 973.91 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Great books of the Western world
KW  - Canon (Literature)
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Education, Humanistic
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index
ER  -