An edition of Part of our lives
(2015)
Part of our lives
a people's history of the American public library
by Wayne A. Wiegand and Wayne A. Wiegand
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"Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Instead, this book uses the voices of generations of public library users to argue that Americans have loved their libraries for the useful information they make accessible; the public spaces they provide; and the commonplace reading materials they supply that help users make sense of the world around them"--
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Books and reading, Public libraries, General, Library users, Libraries, Public opinion, Attitudes, Libraries and society, Social History, History, Libraries and community, HISTORY, Libraries, united states, Public opinion, united states, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / General, Social aspects, Öffentliche Bibliothek, Benutzer, Einstellung, Folkbibliotek, Historia, Sociala aspekter, Allmänna opinionen, Bibliotek, Attityder till, Bibliotek och samhälle, Böcker och läsningPlaces
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Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
2017, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0190660295 9780190660291
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Part of our lives: a people's history of the American public library
2015, Oxford University Press
in English
0190248009 9780190248000
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Table of Contents
So much more than information
"Improv'd the general conversation of Americans" : social libraries before 1854
For "plain people" : the American public library, 1854-1876
"The best reading for the greatest number at the least cost", 1876-1893
"The liberty to read what they will and when" : the Carnegie era, 1893-1917
"Habitations on a literary map", 1917-1929
"One island of refuge" : the Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
"Winning the battles of daily life", 1945-1964
"An individual meaning to each user", 1964-1980
"Library paste is a precious part of social glue", 1981-2000
Information, reading, and place, 2001-present.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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