Reading publics: New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911

The author offers an accessible while scholarly exploration of how republican and liberal values, shifting understandings of "public" and "private," and the debate over fiction influenced the development and character of New York City's public libraries in the eighteenth and...

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1. Verfasser: Glynn, Tom 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press 2015
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:The author offers an accessible while scholarly exploration of how republican and liberal values, shifting understandings of "public" and "private," and the debate over fiction influenced the development and character of New York City's public libraries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reading Publics is an important contribution to the social and cultural history of New York City that firmly places the city's early public libraries within the history of reading and print culture in the United States"--
Beschreibung:Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:1 online resource (459 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780823262649

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