Civilizing, Separating, and Organizing: The Geographic Influence on Nineteenth Century Western Libraries
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| Year of Publication |
2023
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Author:
Andrew Weymouth Editor: Lydia Zvyagintseva Editor: Mary Greenshields |
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Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education
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| Pagination |
13-35
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| Publisher |
Library Juice Press
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| City |
Sacremento, CA
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| ISBN |
9781634001397
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| Annotation |
Examines early libraries in the western United States with an emphasis on their relationship to geography. The author concludes the libraries, promoted as means to civilize the West, were colonial spaces that served the interests of the founders.
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