Part of Our Lives - A People''s History of the American Public Library

Zusatztext Wiegand's commitment to libraries and his extensive grounding in American library history make this people's perspective account particularly useful for scholars and others interested in librarianship, cultural studies, and American history. Informationen zum Autor Wayne A. Wiegand is F. William Summers Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Studies at Florida State University and former director of the Florida Book Awards. Often referred to as the "Dean of American library historians," he is the author of more than one hundred articles and numerous award-winning books, including An Active Instrument for Propaganda: American Public Libraries During World War I and Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey. In 2008-9, he was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow to support his research on the American Public Library. He now lives in the California Bay area. Klappentext Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Zusammenfassung Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. 'Improv'd the General Conversation of Americans': Social Libraries Before 1854 2. For 'Plain People': The American Public Library,1854-1876 3. 'The Best Reading for the Greatest Number at the least Cost': 1876-1893 4. 'The Liberty to Read What They Will and When': 1893-1917 5. 'Habitations on a Literary Map:' 1917-1929 6. 'One Island of Refuge': 1929-1945 7. 'Winning the Battles of Daily Life': 1945-1964 8. 'An Individual Meaning to Each User': 1964-1980 9. 'Library Paste is a Precious Part of Social Glue': 1980-2000 Epilogue. 2000-Present

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• Authors: Wayne Wiegand, Wayne A Wiegand, Wayne A. Wiegand
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9780190248000
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024800-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften / Museumskunde, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General, HISTORY / United States / General, History - U.S., Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Library and information services, Public libraries