{"product_id":"the-dictionary-wars-9780691188911","title":"The Dictionary Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] riveting history. . . . The author navigates a complex story, bringing to life the passions and ideologies that shaped the early American lexicon.\" * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderfully told. . . . For a tale of lexicographic intrigue, Mr. Martin’s book is unexcelled.\"\u003cb\u003e---Bryan A. Garner, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engaging and informative. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary Wars . . . \u003c\/i\u003eforays into copyright law, educational policy, religious revivalism, and other pressures on the verbal life of the nation.\"\u003cb\u003e---Christopher Benfey, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin is a steady and thorough guide to what he calls the ‘endless labyrinths of lexicography’, and in \u003ci\u003eDictionary Wars\u003c\/i\u003e he succeeds in dramatising what could have been mere bibliography.\"\u003cb\u003e---Max Norman, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An informative and often pleasantly surprising cultural history.\" * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003e\"With an impressive breadth of research, \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary Wars \u003c\/i\u003einvites contemplation of the ways in which language itself can affect the soul of a nation.\"\u003cb\u003e---Meagan Logsdon, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reanimates a 19th-century ‘civil war over words’ that shaped how Americans speak and write. . . . Anyone who loves words for their own sake will be entertained.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"What [\u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary Wars\u003c\/i\u003e] does best is to demonstrate that while characters win or lose, the very viciousness of the fight ended up benefiting the whole language and all of us who use it. For those of us nerdy and wordy enough to love the language as well as use it, this is profound.\"\u003cb\u003e---Nicholas Clairmont, \u003ci\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin’s account of the dictionary feuds of the 19th century is as lively and entertaining as the battle itself.\"\u003cb\u003e---Patricia T. O’Conner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Peter Martin’s \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language\u003c\/i\u003e shows Noah Webster as every bit the sort of ideologue who is convinced he has a historical mission and carries himself accordingly.\"\u003cb\u003e---Scott McLemee, \u003ci\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating unveiling of how American English became what it is today.\" * Desi News *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary Wars\u003c\/i\u003e] celebrate[s] the development of literature and language that would give the United States of America its own cultural identity. [It] provide[s] a foundational context for the study of our literature and communication and help[s] us celebrate American culture.\"\u003cb\u003e---Michel L. Ramsey, \u003ci\u003eRoanoke Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin’s book includes a substantial amount of archival research which will undoubtedly be a boon to scholars of the dictionary wars.\"\u003cb\u003e---Kory Stamper, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin gives a textured account of the personal, scholarly, and business conflicts that erupted with Webster’s first dictionary. . . . Folded into this tale are aspects of print capitalism, material culture, and business history.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew Garrett, \u003ci\u003eALH Online Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As well as providing an unparalleled account of the making of American English and the ineffable Anglo-American connection, Martin’s study is an invaluable contribution to the field. It is a prolific reference work of commendable scholarship drawing on laborious documentation, consistent, informative, and copious in exemplification, one that reads like a passionate saga and an academic resource at one and the same time.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adriana Neagu, \u003ci\u003eAmerican, British and Canadian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403866710359,"sku":"9780691188911","price":18.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691188911.jpg?v=1730484757","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dictionary-wars-9780691188911","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}