Main Street public library : community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 /

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The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald's restaurants. By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Colección:Iowa and the Midwest experience.
Temas:
Public libraries > Middle West > History.
Rural libraries > Middle West > History.
Libraries and community > Middle West > History.
Bibliothèques publiques > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Bibliothèques rurales > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Relations bibliothèque-collectivité > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Libraries and community
Public libraries
Rural libraries
Middle West
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald's restaurants. By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censorship as it makes information available to people from all walks of life. Among librarians this idea is known as the "library faith." But is the American public library as democratic as it appears to be? In Main Street Public Library, eminent library historian Wayne Wiegand studies four.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 244 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.
ISBN:9781609380687
1609380681

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