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Author: Bernadette A. Lear Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN: 0822988631 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public charts the history of public libraries and librarianship in Pennsylvania. Based on archival research at more than fifty libraries and historical societies, it describes a long progression from private, subscription-based associations to publicly funded institutions, highlighting the dramatic period during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when libraries were “thrown open” to women, children, and the poor. Made Free explains how Pennsylvania’s physical and cultural geography, legal codes, and other unique features influenced the spread and development of libraries across the state. It also highlights Pennsylvania libraries’ many contributions to the social fabric, especially during World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. Most importantly of all, Made Free convincingly argues that Pennsylvania libraries have made their greatest strides when community activists and librarians, supported with state and local resources, have worked collaboratively.
Author: Bernadette A. Lear Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN: 0822988631 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public charts the history of public libraries and librarianship in Pennsylvania. Based on archival research at more than fifty libraries and historical societies, it describes a long progression from private, subscription-based associations to publicly funded institutions, highlighting the dramatic period during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when libraries were “thrown open” to women, children, and the poor. Made Free explains how Pennsylvania’s physical and cultural geography, legal codes, and other unique features influenced the spread and development of libraries across the state. It also highlights Pennsylvania libraries’ many contributions to the social fabric, especially during World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. Most importantly of all, Made Free convincingly argues that Pennsylvania libraries have made their greatest strides when community activists and librarians, supported with state and local resources, have worked collaboratively.
Author: Giles Slade Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674043758 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 337
Book Description
Made to Break is a history of twentieth-century technology as seen through the prism of obsolescence. Giles Slade explains how disposability was a necessary condition for America's rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. This book gives us a detailed and harrowing picture of how, by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives, we may well be shortening the future of our way of life as well.
Author: Bernadette A. Lear
Author: Bernadette A. Lear
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Author: Lancashire Constable
Author: Russell Library, Middletown, Conn
Author: American Library Association
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Author: Charles Samuel Stewart
Author: Phineas Taylor Barnum
Author: Phineas Taylor Barnum
Author: Giles Slade