Part of our lives a people's history of the American public library
"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Although library a...
| Main Author: | Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: So much more than information
- "Improv'd the general conversation of Americans" : social libraries before 1854
- For "plain people" : the American public library, 1854-1876
- "The best reading for the greatest number at the least cost", 1876-1893
- "The liberty to read what they will and when" : the Carnegie era, 1893-1917
- "Habitations on a literary map", 1917-1929
- "One island of refuge" : the Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- "Winning the battles of daily life", 1945-1964
- "An individual meaning to each user", 1964-1980
- "Library paste is a precious part of social glue", 1980-2000
- Information, reading, and place, 2001-present.