Edward Edwards

Free Town Libraries, Their Formation, Management, and History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1869 history of libraries in Britain and abroad is a testimony to the author's commitment to public education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 676
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 939g
• ISBN-13: 9781108009362
• ISBN-10: 1108009360
• Artikelnr.: 28531832

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Free Town Libraries, at Home: 1. Free libraries in Great Britain and Ireland
2. Town councils, parochial vestries and other local boards
3. The planning, forming, organizing, and working, of a free town library
4. History of free libraries established in Great Britain
Part II. Free Town Libraries, Abroad: 1. The town, communal, and popular libraries of France
2. The town libraries and popular libraries of Germany
3. Notes on the town libraries of some other continental states
Part III. Free Town Libraries in America: 1. Introductory
2. History of the free town library of Boston
3. Minor town and district libraries of Massachusetts
4. History of the Astor Free Library of the city of New York
5. District, township and other freely accessible libraries in the United States
6. The free libraries of British America
Part IV. Brief Notices of Collectors
Index.