The memory of mankind
Subtitle: the story of libraries since the dawn of history
By: [edited by] Don Heinrich Tolzmann, [written by] Alfred Hessel, and [translated by] Reuben Peiss.
Contributors: Tolzmann, Don Heinrich, 1945-; Hessel, Alfred, 1877-1939.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Castle, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Libraries -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-182) and index.
Rev. and updated ed. of: A history of libraries by Alfred Hessel, which was translated, with supplementary material added, by Reuben Peiss and published in 1950.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; title: Prefaceix; title: Introduction xi; title: Chapter I. The Ancient World 1; title: Chapter II. The Middle Ages To Charlemagne17; title: Chapter III. The Post-Carolingian Age: The Ninth To Twelfth Centuries 29; title: Chapter IV. The Late Middle Ages 39; title: Chapter V. The Renaissance51; title: Chapter VI. The Reformation And The Seventeenth Century67; title: Chapter VII. The Enlightenment 81; title: Chapter VIII. The French Revolution And The Nineteenth Century95; title: Chapter DC From The Nineteenth To The Mid-Twentieth Century107; title: Chapter X General Problems And Developments133; title: Chapter XI. Into The Information Age145; title: Notes for the Preface and Introduction167; title: Notes for the Chapters167; title: Selective Bibliography181; title: Index 183.