An Active Instrument for Propaganda - The American Public Library During World War I

Wiegand details the socioeconomic characteristics of turn-of-the-century library professionals and their determination to address industrialization, urbanization, and immigration as these issues came within their sphere of influence. It is against this background that American public librarians and their institutions responded to the call for united action during World War I. An Active Instrument for Propaganda inaugurates the Beta Phi Mu monograph series that, in the tradition of the International Library Science Honor Society's Chapbooks, will add significantly to the scholarly literature of the library profession. Because wide coverage has been given to the wartime activities of hundreds of public libraries across the nation, many local public library collections will be enriched by this important volume.

About the author

WAYNE A. WIEGAND is Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the widely acclaimed author of scores of articles and books on the library profession including Politics of an Emerging Profession: The American Library Association, 1876-1917 (Greenwood, 1986), which won the 1986 G.K. Hall Award for Outstanding Contribution to Library Literature. He is currently working on a biography of Melvil Dewey.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne A Wiegand, Wayne A. Wiegand
• Publisher: Praeger
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780313267024
• ISBN: 978-0-313-26702-4
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Bio-Bibliographies in the Perf; Beta Phi Mu Monograph; Beta Phi Mu Monograph
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system