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American Libraries 1730 1950
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Author : Kenneth A. Breisch
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 2017
American Libraries 1730 1950 written by Kenneth A. Breisch and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Architecture categories.
Although new technologies appear poised to alter it, the library remains a powerful site for discovery, and its form is still determined by the geometry of the book and the architectural spaces devised to store and display it. American Libraries provides a history and panorama of these much-loved structures, inside and out, encompassing the small personal collection, the vast university library, and everything in between. Through 500 photographs and plans selected from the encyclopedic collections of the Library of Congress, Kenneth Breisch traces the development of libraries in the United States, from roots in such iconic examples as the British Library and Paris's Bibliotheque-Ste.-Genevieve to institutions imbued with their own American mythology. Starting with the private collections of wealthy merchants and landowners during the eighteenth century, the book looks at the Library of Congress, large and small public libraries, and the Carnegie libraries, and it ends with a glimpse of modern masterworks.
Slavery And The Making Of Early American Libraries
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Author : Sean D. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-07
Slavery And The Making Of Early American Libraries written by Sean D. Moore and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Early American libraries stood at the nexus of two transatlantic branches of commerce—the book trade and the slave trade. Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries bridges the study of these trades by demonstrating how Americans' profits from slavery were reinvested in imported British books and providing evidence that the colonial book market was shaped, in part, by the demand of slave owners for metropolitan cultural capital. Drawing on recent scholarship that shows how participation in London cultural life was very expensive in the eighteenth century, as well as evidence that enslavers were therefore some of the few early Americans who could afford to import British cultural products, the volume merges the fields of the history of the book, Atlantic studies, and the study of race, arguing that the empire-wide circulation of British books was underwritten by the labour of the African diaspora. The volume is the first in early American and eighteenth-century British studies to fuse our growing understanding of the material culture of the transatlantic text with our awareness of slavery as an economic and philanthropic basis for the production and consumption of knowledge. In studying the American dissemination of works of British literature and political thought, it claims that Americans were seeking out the forms of citizenship, constitutional traditions, and rights that were the signature of that British identity. Even though they were purchasing the sovereignty of Anglo-Americans at the expense of African-Americans through these books, however, some colonials were also making the case for the abolition of slavery.
Annual Report Of The Librarian Of Congress For The Fiscal Year Ended
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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Annual Report Of The Librarian Of Congress For The Fiscal Year Ended written by Library of Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Libraries categories.
American Library History
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Author : Michael H. Harris
language : en
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1978
American Library History written by Michael H. Harris and has been published by Austin : University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Australian Literary Manuscripts In North American Libraries
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Author : Nan Bowman Albinski
language : en
Publisher: National Library Australia
Release Date : 1997
Australian Literary Manuscripts In North American Libraries written by Nan Bowman Albinski and has been published by National Library Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints
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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Catalogs, Union categories.
A Guide To Research In American Library History
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Author : Michael H. Harris
language : en
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 1974
A Guide To Research In American Library History written by Michael H. Harris and has been published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Union catalogs categories.
Dictionary Catalog Of The Research Libraries Of The New York Public Library 1911 1971
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Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Dictionary Catalog Of The Research Libraries Of The New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Library catalogs categories.
The Cambridge Companion To Benjamin Franklin
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Author : Carla Mulford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-15
The Cambridge Companion To Benjamin Franklin written by Carla Mulford and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Comprehensive and accessible, this Companion addresses several well-known themes in the study of Franklin and his writings, while also showing Franklin in conversation with his British and European counterparts in science, philosophy, and social theory. Specially commissioned chapters, written by scholars well-known in their respective fields, examine Franklin's writings and his life with a new sophistication, placing Franklin in his cultural milieu while revealing the complexities of his intellectual, literary, social, and political views. Individual chapters take up several traditional topics, such as Franklin and the American dream, Franklin and capitalism, and Franklin's views of American national character. Other chapters delve into Franklin's library and his philosophical views on morality, religion, science, and the Enlightenment and explore his continuing influence in American culture. This Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of American literature, history and culture.