Reading publics : New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911 / Tom Glynn.
Reading publics : New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911 / Tom Glynn.
Reading publics : New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911 / Tom Glynn.
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New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2015.
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G 2015/3783
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English
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Physical content
447 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Readers, Libraries, and New York City Before 1911 -- 1. The New York Society Library: Books, Authority, and Publics in Colonial and Early Republican New York -- 2. Books for a Reformed Republic: The Apprentices' Library in Antebellum New York -- 3. The Past in Print: History and the Ma...
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Publisher
New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2015.
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First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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"A history of public libraries in New York City before the founding of the New York Public Library. Most of these libraries were accessible through a membership or an annual subscription. Explores the private and public purposes of public libraries before the advent of tax-supported public libraries"-- Provided by publisher.
"This lively, nuanced history of New York City's early public libraries traces their evolution within the political, social, and cultural worlds that supported them. On May 11, 1911, the New York Public Library opened its "marble palace for book lovers" on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. This was the city's first public library in the modern sense, a...
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Reading publics : New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911 / Tom Glynn.
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Includes bibliographical references, timeline, map of libraries, and index.
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G 2015/3783
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74VKRL2eON3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRL2eON3M
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0823262642 (hardback)
9780823262649 (hardback)
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027.4747
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991023148399702626
