Patronage and Philanthropy in Industrial America: Andrew Carnegie and the Free Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1988
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Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
Volume
71
Issue
April
Pagination
127-145
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Critical assessment of Carnegie's library philanthropy. Argues that Carnegie used his fortune to seek "nothing less than full control over the instruments of material and cultural production in America."