Ideology and libraries: California, diplomacy, and occupied Japan, 1945-1952

"This book examines US-influenced initiatives to improve library services during the Allied Occupation of post-surrender Japan and looks at history of funding libraries abroad as a tool of cultural diplomacy, the development of free public libraries as a progressive political agenda in Californ...

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1. Verfasser: Buckland, Michael Keeble 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Takayama, Masaya (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:"This book examines US-influenced initiatives to improve library services during the Allied Occupation of post-surrender Japan and looks at history of funding libraries abroad as a tool of cultural diplomacy, the development of free public libraries as a progressive political agenda in California, and an explanation of why in Japan library services were relatively backward despite exceptionally high literacy and very well-developed publishing industry and retail book trade"--
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 170 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781538143155

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