Barbarians at the gates of the public library : how postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: D'Angelo, Edward, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Public libraries > United States > History.
Public libraries > Aims and objectives > United States.
Libraries and society.
Public interest.
Public libraries > History.
Libraries and business > History.
Libraries and institutions > History.
Librarians > Malpractice.
Bibliothèques publiques > Histoire.
Bibliothèques et affaires > Histoire.
Bibliothèques et établissements publics > Histoire.
Bibliothécaires > Responsabilité professionnelle.
Bibliothèques publiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Bibliothèques publiques > Finalités > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques et société.
Intérêt public.
public interest.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
Libraries and institutions
Libraries and business
Librarians > Malpractice
Libraries and society
Public interest
Public libraries
Public libraries > Aims and objectives
Bildungsauftrag
Gesellschaft
Demokratisierung
Chancengleichheit
Wertwandel
Konsumgesellschaft
Wirtschaftliches Verhalten
Öffentliche Bibliothek
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Crisis of Democracy and the Public Library
  • 2. Democracy and the Profession of Librarianship
  • 3. The Reasoning Public: Public Libraries, Democracy and the Public Good
  • 4. Education, Democracy and the Public Good
  • 5. Education, Edification, Entertainment and Consumption
  • 6. From Ethical Liberalism to Economic Liberalism
  • 7. Coney Island and the Rise of Mass Entertainment
  • 8. Barbarism and Entertainment
  • 9. From Citizen to Consumer
  • 10. Democracy, the Public Good and the Post-modern Information Economy
  • 11. Markets, Bureaucracies and New Economy Management Theory12. Postmodern Consumer Capitalism and the Public Library
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author

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