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The Meaning of the Library : A Cultural History /

From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. The Meaning of the Library is a generously illustrated examination of this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, exami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crawford, Alice (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Edición:Course Book
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • list of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Crawford, Alice
  • Part 1. The Library through Time
  • Chapter 1. Adventures in Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries / Hall, Edith
  • Chapter 2. The Image of the Medieval Library / Gameson, Richard
  • Chapter 3. The Renaissance Library and the Challenge of Print / Pettegree, Andrew
  • Chapter 4. From Printing Shop to Bookshelves / Darnton, Robert
  • Chapter 5. "The Advantages of Literature" / Allan, David
  • Chapter 6. Literature and the Library in the Nineteenth Century / Sutherland, John
  • Part 2. The Library in Imagination
  • Chapter 7. The Library in Fiction / Warner, Marina
  • Chapter 8. The Library in Poetry / Crawford, Robert
  • Chapter 9. The Library in Film / Marcus, Laura
  • Part 3. The Library Now and in the Future
  • Chapter 10. "Casting and Gathering"
  • Chapter 11. Meanings of the Library Today / Wilkin, John P.
  • Chapter 12. The Modern Library and Global Democracy / Billington, James H.
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index