TY - SER
AU - Wayne A. Wiegand
CY - New York, NY
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Introduction: So much more than information </li><li>"Improv'd the general conversation of Americans": Social libraries before 1854 </li><li>For "plain people": The American public library, 1854-1876 </li><li>"The best reading for the greatest number at the least cost": 1876-1893 </li><li>"The liberty to read what they will and when": The Carnegie era, 1893-1917 </li><li>"Habitations on a literary map": 1917-1929 </li><li>"One island of refuge": The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 </li><li>"Winning the battles of daily life": 1945-1964 </li><li>"An individual meaning to each user": 1964-1980 </li><li>"Library paste is a precious part of social glue": 1981-2000 </li><li>Information, reading, and place: 2001-present</li></ul>
PB - Oxford University Press
PP - New York, NY
PY - 2015
SN - 9780190248000
EP - 331 pp.
TI - Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
ER -