Ideology and Libraries: California, Diplomacy, and Occupied Japan, 1945-1952

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2021
Contributors Author: Michael K. Buckland
Author: Masaya Takayama
Language
English
Number of Pages
170 pp.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
City
Lanham, MD
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Region
Asia
Library Type
Library Schools
National Libraries
Public Libraries
Chronological Period
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9781538143148
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Contents: 

  • Introduction
  • Function and Structure
  • Cultural Contexts and Political Choices
  • The California County Library System
  • Libraries in Diplomacy
  • Libraries in Japan and the Allied Occupation
  • CIE Information centers
  • The Education Mission, 1946
  • Philip Keeney and his Plan
  • National Diet Library
  • The Library Law of 1950
  • Don Brown's Initiative
  • Gitler, Kiyooka and Keio
  • The Japan Library School
  • Afterwards
  • Summary and Retrospect