Books, buildings and social engineering
Subtitle: early public libraries in Britain from past to present
By: by Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, and Kaye Bagshaw.
Contributors: Pepper, Simon.; Bagshaw, Kaye.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780754672074; 9780754690917
Subjects: Library buildings -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Library buildings -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Library architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Library architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Public libraries -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Public libraries -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The public library and society, 1850-1939 : periodisation, social control, and social engineering; title: Pioneer public library buildings, 1850-1883; title: Public library buildings in the age of serial philanthropy, 1883-1914; title: Modernism and public library buildings between the wars; title: Readers help themselves : the open access revolution; title: Children's libraries; title: The library as "monument" and "machine"; title: New for old?; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: gazetteer of early public library buildings in Britain.