9781586487768-1586487760-A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books

A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books

ISBN-13: 9781586487768
ISBN-10: 1586487760
Edition: 1
Author: Alex Beam
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781586487768
ISBN-10: 1586487760
Edition: 1
Author: Alex Beam
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books (ISBN-13: 9781586487768 and ISBN-10: 1586487760), written by authors Alex Beam, was published by PublicAffairs in 2009. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.59.

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A witty history of an unlikely literary fad and an American pop culture phenomenon of the 1950s and early 1960s examines the overwhelming popularity of the Great Books of Western Civilization and how and why they rose to and fell out of fashion.

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