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Books, Bluster, and Bounty : Local Politics & Carnegie Library Building Grants in the Intermountain West, 1890-1920.

Books, Bluster, and Bounty examines a cross-section of Carnegie library applications to determine how local support was mustered for cultural institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century West. This comparative study considers the entire region between the Rockies and the Cascades/...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swetnam, Susan H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a Books, Bluster, and Bounty examines a cross-section of Carnegie library applications to determine how local support was mustered for cultural institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century West. This comparative study considers the entire region between the Rockies and the Cascades/Sierras, including all of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona; western Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado; eastern Oregon and Washington; and small parts of California and New Mexico. The author's purpose is to address not only the how of the process but also the variable why. Although virtually al. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Culture of the Intermountain West, 1890-1920; 2. The Challenging Process of Applying for a Carnegie Library Building Grant; 3. Boom Towns: Carnegie Libraries and Boosterism; 4. Small Mormon Towns: Carnegie Libraries to Protect Youth; 5. Carnegie Libraries in Religiously Diverse Utah Communities; 6. Women's Role in Bringing Carnegie Libraries to Settled Communities; 7. Oligarchies and Carnegie Libraries in Transitional Towns; 8. Carnegie Libraries in the Service of Personal Power; 9. Contested Libraries; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. 
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