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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alistair Black; Simon Pepper; Kaye Bagshaw |
| ISBN: | 9780754672074 0754672077 9780754690917 0754690911 |
| OCLC Number: | 276514861 |
| Description: | xix, 465 p. : ill., plans ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Contexts: The public library and society, 1850-1939: Periodisation, social control and social engineering.; Part 2 Periods of Public Library design: Pioneer public library buildings, 1850-1883; Public library buildings in the age of serial philanthropy, 1883-1914; Modernism and public library buildings between the wars.; Part 3 Thematic Studies: Readers help themselves in the open access revolution; Children's libraries; The library as 'monument' and 'machine'.; Part 4 The Past in the Present: New for old?; Conclusion; Appendix; Index. |
| Responsibility: | Alistair Black, Simon Pepper and Kaye Bagshaw. |
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