The meaning of the library : a cultural history / edited by Alice Crawford.

"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural his...

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Main Authors:	Hall, Edith, 1959- (Author) Gameson, Richard (Author) Pettegree, Andrew (Author) Darnton, Robert (Author) Allan, David, 1964- (Author) Sutherland, John, 1938- (Author) Warner, Marina, 1946- (Author) Crawford, Robert, 1959- (Author) Marcus, Laura (Author) Enniss, Stephen (Author) Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956- (Author) Billington, James H. (Author)
Other Authors:	Crawford, Alice, 1958- (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Libraries > History. Libraries. Libraries and society. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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