The meaning of the library : a cultural history /
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxix, 300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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0691166390 9780691166391 : |
Index Number: | Z721 |
CLC: | G259.19 |
Call Number: | G259.19/M483 |
Contents: |
Adventures in Ancient Greek and Roman libraries / The image of the medieval library / The Renaissance library and the challenge of print / From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries / "The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain / Literature and the library in the nineteenth century / The library in fiction / The library in poetry / The library in film : order and mystery / "Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer / Meanings of the library today / The modern library and global democracy / |