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American Libraries before 1876
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Haynes McMullen
ISBN: 0-313-31277-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31277-9
200 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2000
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £82.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 1876 is considered to mark the beginning of the modern library movement in the United States, but Americans created and used thousands of libraries before that date. While the history of American libraries has not been neglected by scholars, none has examined in detail where in the different parts of the country various libraries came into existence over any extended period of time. The present work does that, detailing the kinds of libraries that existed before 1876 and including 80 to 85 kinds, depending on the way the collections are classified.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    Libraries in the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods
    Libraries from the End of the Revolutionary Period through 1875
    Kinds of Libraries in Existence before 1876
    Social Libraries
    Libraries Belonging to Organizations that Were Not Formed to Establish Libraries
    Libraries Belonging to Institutions, Some of Which Were Operated by Private Organizations and Some of Which Were Operated by Governmental Units
    Libraries Belonging to Governmental Agencies
    Libraries Belonging to Business Firms and Individuals
    Libraries of Uncertain Ownership
    Subject Matter of the Collections
    Private Libraries, School Libraries, and Sunday School Libraries
    Afterword
    Glossary
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: HAYNES McMULLEN is Emeritus Professor of Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
LCC Class: 27
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