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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Series:Iowa and the Midwest experience.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : information, reading, place
  • Pride of a century : the Bryant Library of Sauk Centre, Minnesota
  • A credit to the place : the Sage Library of Osage, Iowa
  • Tourist attraction : the Charles H. Moore Library of Lexington, Michigan
  • Those commission ideas : the Rhinelander Public Library of Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Literature suitable for a small public library : Main Street public library collections
  • Epilogue : agent of social harmony.

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