Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library / Wayne A. Wiegand.
Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library / Wayne A. Wiegand.
Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library / Wayne A. Wiegand.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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GQ 2016/574
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Language
English
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Physical content
331 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
-- Introduction -- 1. 'Improv'd the General Conversation of Americans': Social Libraries Before 1854 -- 2. For 'Plain People': The American Public Library,1854-1876 -- 3. 'The Best Reading for the Greatest Number at the least Cost': 1876-1893 -- 4. 'The Liberty to Read What They Will and When': The...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
"Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Instead, this book uses the voices of generations of public library users to argue that Americans have loved their libraries for the useful information they make accessible; the public spaces they provide; and the c...
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Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library / Wayne A. Wiegand.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-310) and index.
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GQ 2016/574
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74VKVPaMAgLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPaMAgLd
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ISBN
9780190248000 (cloth : acid-free paper)
DDC
027.473
MMS ID
991023993315602626
