print print email email comment comment close window close

The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/mnchome.html

Description:
"The books in this collection bear nineteenth century American imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. They have been digitized by the University of Michigan. ... Currently, approximately 1,500 books are included." Searchable, or browsable by subject, author, title, or theme, such as the Civil War, slavery and abolition, religion, education, self-help and self-improvement, travel and westward expansion, and poetry. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress (LOC)

Extra Keywords
Making of America project

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
American literature -- 19th century
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History
United States -- Civilization -- 19th century

LII Database Information:
Record 51 created by Maria Brandt on 03/02/2005
Last modification on 04/06/2005
Published: 03/02/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/51