Main Street Public Library - Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876-956

Informationen zum Autor Wayne Wiegand is F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus in the School of Library and Information Studies at Florida State University. He is the author of Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey , and five other books, three of which have received the G. K. Hall Award for Outstanding Contribution to Library Literature. Klappentext Examines four emblematic small-town libraries in the US Midwest from the late nineteenth century through the federal Library Service Act of 1956, and shows that these institutions served a much different purpose than is so often perceived. Rather than acting as neutral institutions that are vital to democracy, these libraries were actually mediating community literary values and providing a public space for the construction of social harmony.

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• Authors: University Of Iowa Press, Wayne A Wiegand, Wayne A. Wiegand
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2011
• EAN: 9781609380670
• ISBN: 978-1-60938-067-0
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Iowa and the Midwest Experienc; Iowa and the Midwest Experience; Iowa and the Midwest Experience Series; Iowa and the Midwest Experienc; Iowa and the Midwest Experience Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system