Reading places : literacy, democracy, and the public library in Cold War America /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pawley, Christine, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Door-Kewaunee Regional Library > History.
Door-Kewaunee Regional Library
1900-1999
Public libraries > Wisconsin > Door County > History > 20th century.
Public libraries > Wisconsin > Kewaunee County > History > 20th century.
Rural libraries > Wisconsin > Door County > History > 20th century.
Rural libraries > Wisconsin > Kewaunee County > History > 20th century.
Books and reading > Wisconsin > Door County > History > 20th century.
Books and reading > Wisconsin > Kewaunee County > History > 20th century.
Libraries and community > United States > Case studies.
Cold War.
Bibliothèques publiques > Wisconsin > Door > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques publiques > Wisconsin > Kewaunee (Comté) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques rurales > Wisconsin > Door > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques rurales > Wisconsin > Kewaunee (Comté) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Wisconsin > Door > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Wisconsin > Kewaunee (Comté) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Relations bibliothèque-collectivité > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Guerre froide.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Books and reading
Libraries and community
Public libraries
Rural libraries
United States
Wisconsin > Door County
Wisconsin > Kewaunee County
Case studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Literacy debates and dangers
  • The geography of rural reading
  • Reaching readers with the Wisconsin idea
  • Reading : for whom, and what?
  • Children, teachers, and the rural school
  • What to read : children's choices
  • Women, print, and domesticity
  • Winners and losers : the referendum and its aftermath.

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