Libraries and the Enlightenment

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2012
Author
Author: Wayne Bivens-Tatum
Language
English
Number of Pages
211 pp.
Publisher
Library Juice Press
City
Duluth, MN
Region
Europe
United States
Library Type
Academic Libraries
Public Libraries
Chronological Period
1800-1849
1850-1899
18th century
1900-1949
1950-1999
21st century
ISBN
9781936117420
Annotation

Traces influence of Enlightenment ideas on American libraries. 

Contents: 

  • The Enlightenment: a brief introduction
  • Academic libraries and the philosophical enlightenment
  • Public libraries and the political enlightenment
  • Universal libraries: dream and reality
  • The universal library of enlightenment
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