Henry Hobson Richardson and the small public library in America : a study in typology / Kenneth A. B...
Henry Hobson Richardson and the small public library in America : a study in typology / Kenneth A. B...
Henry Hobson Richardson and the small public library in America : a study in typology / Kenneth A. Breisch.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1997.
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NQ727.82473/3
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English
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xii, 354 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. Strongholds of Noble Political and Civil Life -- 2. Handsome Bindings and Vistas of Shelves: American Library Design to 1875 -- 3. Woburn: "A Model Village Library" -- 4. The Epitome of Design: Libraries in North Easton and Quincy -- 5. Et in Arcadia Ego -- 6. Competition in East Saginaw -- 7. Ep...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1997.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c1997.
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One natural outcome of the educational reform movement of the 1840s was the growth of the American public library. Though the first public libraries were housed in post offices and town halls, even in local drug stores, growing book collections soon forced cities and towns to recognize the need for larger, more appropriate buildings, some 450 of wh...
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Henry Hobson Richardson and the small public library in America : a study in typology / Kenneth A. Breisch.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-334) and index.
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c1997.
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NQ727.82473/3
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74VvDNAbvq3g
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0262024160 (hc : alk. paper)
9780262024167 (hc : alk. paper)
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727.82473
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991005005279702626
