Michael H. Harris

History of Libraries of the Western World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the "information revolution" that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• 4th Edition
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780810837249
• ISBN-10: 0810837242
• Artikelnr.: 23252857

Autorenporträt

Michael H. Harris is professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky and author of 10 books and over 50 papers on library history. He currently serves on the editorial board of Library Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface I: Libraries in the Ancient World 1. The Origin of Libraries 2.
Babylonian and Assyrian Libraries 3. Egyptian Libraries 4. Greek Libraries
5. Roman Libraries II. Medieval Libraries 6. Byzantine and Moslem Libraries
7. Monastic and Cathedral Libraries 8. The Rise of the University, the
Renaissance, the Invention of Printing, and the Growth of Libraries in
Europe to 1500 III. Modern Library Development in the West 9. European
Libraries; Expansion and Diversification to 1917 10. Libraries in America
to 1950 11. Modern European Libraries 12. Modern American Libraries Index
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