The library : a fragile history
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541600775
- ISBN: 1541600770
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Physical Description:
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518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-502) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue. curating the ruins -- Part 1: Inception and survival. A confusion of scrolls ; Sanctuary ; Little monkeys and letters of gold -- Part 2: The crisis of print. The infernal press ; Coming of age ; Reformations -- Part 3: The new collectors. The professionals ; Idle books and riff raff ; Mission fields -- Part 4: Between public and private. Grand designs ; Cardinal errors ; The antiquarians -- Part 5: Fictions. Orderly minds ; Building empires ; Reading on the job -- Part 6: The war on books. Surviving the twentieth century ; Wrestling with modernity ; Libraries, books and politics ; Postscript. Reading without books. |
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Subject: | Libraries History Bibliothèques Histoire HISTORY / World LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General Libraries Libraries |
Genre: | History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 027.009 PET (Text) | 000164210 | Nonfiction | Available | - |