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The meaning of the library : a cultural history
Title
The meaning of the library : a cultural history / edited by Alice Crawford.
ISBN
9780691166391 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0691166390 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9781400865741
1400865743
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015.
Physical Description
xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Alice Crawford
Part 1. The Library through Time. 1. Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries / Edith Hall ; 2. The image of the medieval library / Richard Gameson ; 3. The Renaissance library and the challenge of print / Andrew Pettegree ; 4. From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries / Robert Darnton ; 5. "The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain / David Allan ; 6. Literature and the library in the nineteenth century / John Sutherland
Part 2. The Library in Imagination. 7. The library in fiction / Marina Warner ; 8. The library in poetry / Robert Crawford ; 9. The library in film : order and mystery / Laura Marcus
Part 3. The Library Now and in the Future. 10. "Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer / Stephen Enniss ; 11. Meanings of the library today / John P. Wilkin ; 12. The modern library and global democracy / James H. Billington.
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History.
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