Books, bluster, and bounty : local politics in the Intermountain West and Carnegie library building grants, 1898-1920 /

"Susan Swetnam uses case studies of western applications for Carnegie libraries to examine how local support was mustered for cultural institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century interior West. This is a comparative study involving the entire region between the Rockies and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swetnam, Susan H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Carnegie libraries > West (U.S.) > History.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Carnegie libraries
West United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The culture of the intermountain west, 1890-1920
  • The challenging process of applying for a Carnegie Library Building Grant
  • Boom towns : Carnegie libraries and boosterism
  • Small mormon towns : Carnegie libraries to protect youth
  • Carnegie libraries in religiously diverse Utah communities
  • Women's role in bringing Carnegie libraries to settled communities
  • Oligarchies and Carnegie libraries in transitional towns
  • Carnegie libraries in the service of personal power
  • Contested libraries.

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