Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public: Community Libraries in Pennsylvania From the Colonial Era Through World War II

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2021
Author	Author: Bernadette A. Lear
Language	English
Number of Pages	340 pp.
Publisher	University of Pittsburgh Press
City	Pittsburgh, PA
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Region	United States
Library Type	Public Libraries Social/Subscription Libraries State/Government Libraries
Demographics	Children Women Immigrants Workers/Working class
Chronological Period	1800-1849 1850-1899 18th century 1900-1949
ISBN	9780822947004
Annotation	Contents: Libraries from the Colonial Era through the 1880s From Subscription Libraries to Free Public Institutions Professionalization Outreach: General Themes and Urban Contexts Extension to Suburban and Rural Communities Responding to National Emergencies