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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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": 1981-2000 -- Information, reading, and place: 2001-present. 
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