TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crawford,Alice
TI  - The meaning of the library: a cultural history 
SN  - 9780691166391 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
AV  - Z 721  M483 2015
U1  - 027/.009 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey : 
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Libraries
KW  - History
KW  - Bibliotecas
KW  - Historia
KW  - Libraries and society
KW  - Bibliotecas y sociedad
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index; Part 1 The Library through Time Chapter 1 Adventures in Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries, Edith Hall -- Chapter 2 The Image of the Medieval Library, Richard Gameson -- Chapter 3 The Renaissance Library and the Challenge of Print, Andrew Pettegree -- Chapter 4 From Printing Shop to Bookshelves: How Books Began the Journey to Enlightenment Libraries, Robert Darnton -- Chapter 5 "The Advantages of Literature": The Subscription Library in Georgian Britain, David Allan -- Chapter 6 Literature and the Library in the Nineteenth Century, John Sutherland -- Part 2 The Library in Imagination. Chapter 7 The Library in Fiction, Marina Warner -- Chapter 8 The Library in Poetry, Robert Crawford -- Chapter 9 The Library in Film: Order and Mystery, Laura Marcus -- Part 3 The Library Now and in the Future Chapter 10 "Casting and Gathering": Libraries, Archives, and the Modern Writer, Stephen Enniss -- Chapter 11 Meanings of the Library Today, John P. Wilkin -- Chapter 12 The Modern Library and Global Democracy, James H. Billington.
N2  - "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
ER  -