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Books and libraries in American society during World War II : weapons in the war of ideas /
World War II presented America's public libraries with the daunting challenge of meeting new demands for war-related library services and materials with Depression-weakened collections, inadequate budgets and demoralized staff, in addition to continuing to serve the library's traditional c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Colección: | American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : "imposing frontages on important streets"
- Ch. 1. "More than pleasant luxuries" : background
- Ch. 2. "We have to act immediately" : responding to the national emergency
- Ch. 3. "Moving picture houses and dance halls" : seeking support
- Ch. 4. "To meet the needs of a nation at war" : libraries respond
- Ch. 5. "Avoid frightening the librarian" : implementing the policy statement
- Ch. 6. "Praise the Lord and pass the new editions" : victory book campaigns
- Ch. 7. "A spell of rough weather" : wartime challenges
- Ch. 8. "Beginning a new era" : postwar hopes
- App. 1. American Library Association presidents, 1939-1946
- App. 2. Total circulation, 1939-1945
- App. 3. Adult fiction and nonfiction circulation, 1940-1945
- App. 4. Circulation of adult and children's books, 1939-1945
- App. 5. ALA membership, 1939-1945.