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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Main Author: Glynn, Tom 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
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Online Access:KUBA1
Summary: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"--
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (459 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780823262649

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