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American Libraries 1730-1950 by Kenneth Breisch 2017 Hardcover First edition DJ
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- Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780393731606
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
039373160X
ISBN-13
9780393731606
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038295490
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Libraries 1730-1950
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Library & Information Science / General
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
48.1 Oz
Item Length
1.1 in
Item Width
0.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-017820
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
""Librarians will be gratified to read Breisch's discussion of the ways in which librarians became critics of library planning, pushing for designs that were more practical [...] American Libraries has a wider focus than many other books on this subject, which focus on only one type of library [...] This allows Breisch to integrate different types of libraries and provide a wider overview of the history of libraries as a whole."", Librarians will be gratified to read Breisch's discussion of the ways in which librarians became critics of library planning, pushing for designs that were more practical [...] American Libraries has a wider focus than many other books on this subject, which focus on only one type of library [...] This allows Breisch to integrate different types of libraries and provide a wider overview of the history of libraries as a whole., [A]n impressively informative history of the evolution of the library in America. . . . [S]imply stated, no community, college, or university library should be without a copy.
Dewey Decimal
727/.80973
Synopsis
An expansive overview of ourstorehouses of knowledge, fromthe earliest library building(Philadelphia, 1745) to midcenturymodern and beyond., An expansive overview of our storehouses of knowledge, from the earliest library building (Philadelphia, 1745) to midcentury modern and beyond. 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. 850 illustrations, 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.
LC Classification Number
Z679.2.U54B73 2017
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