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020 _a9780691166391 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
020 _a0691166390 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn894625451
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_beng
_cDLC
041 _aeng
042 _alccopycat
050 1 4 _aZ 721
_bM483 2015
082 0 0 _a027/.009
245 0 4 _aThe meaning of the library :
_ba cultural history /
_cedited by Alice Crawford.
260 _aPrinceton, New Jersey :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c2015.
300 _axxix, 300 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
505 0 _tPart 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.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aLibraries
_xHistory.
650 4 _aBibliotecas
_xHistoria
_97429
650 0 _aLibraries and society.
650 4 _aBibliotecas y sociedad
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700 1 _aCrawford, Alice,
_d1958-
_eeditor
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