American libraries 1730-1950 / Kenneth Breisch.
American libraries 1730-1950 / Kenneth Breisch.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [2017]
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/789
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
314 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Carla D. Hayden -- How to use this book -- Introduction : the library in America -- Private collections -- Academic libraries -- The Library of Congress -- Large urban libraries -- Small public libraries -- The Carnegie era -- Afterword : the library post-World War II.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
An overview of our storehouses of knowledge, from the earliest library building (Philadelphia, 1745) to midcentury modern and beyond. Although new technologies appear poised to alter it, the library remains a powerful site for discovery, and its form is still determined by the geometry of the book and the architectural spaces devised to store and...
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Full title
American libraries 1730-1950 / Kenneth Breisch.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Norton/Library of Congress visual sourcebooks in architecture, design and engineering
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
GQ 2017/789
Record Identifier
74VKVENxvzab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVENxvzab
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ISBN
039373160X (hardcover)
9780393731606 (hardcover)
DDC
727.80973
MMS ID
991024132615702626
