Made free and thrown open to the public: community libraries in Pennsylvania from the colonial era through World War II

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: Libraries from the Colonial Era through the 1880s -- Two: From Subscription Libraries to Free Public Institutions -- Three: Professionalization -- Four: Outreach: General Themes and Urban Contexts -- Five: Extension to Suburban and Rural C...

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1. Verfasser: Lear, Bernadette A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press [2021]
Zusammenfassung:Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: Libraries from the Colonial Era through the 1880s -- Two: From Subscription Libraries to Free Public Institutions -- Three: Professionalization -- Four: Outreach: General Themes and Urban Contexts -- Five: Extension to Suburban and Rural Communities -- Six: Responding to National Emergencies -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Methods and Sources -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Beschreibung:ix, 340 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780822947004

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