TY - SER
AU - Alistair Black
CY - London, England
LA - English
N1 - Contents:
Introduction: The 'Epiphyte' Institution 
In Search of an Analytical Model 
Foundations of the Public Library Ideal 
The Utilitarian Flywheel 
The Principal Pioneers: Ewart and Edwards
Culture, Materialism and the 1849 Select Committee: the Cultural Materialism of Art 
Economic Concerns: 'Useful' Knowledge and Political Economy 
The Idealist Flywheel 
Cultural Concerns: in Search of an Assertive Middle Class  
Librarians: Their Social Engagement and Controlling Discourse 
Architecture: the Social Causes of Design 
Conclusion
PB - Leicester University
PP - London, England
PY - 1996
SN - 9780718500153
EP - 353 pp.
TI - New History of the English Public Library: Social and Intellectual Contexts, 1850-1914
ER -