Title: Part of Our Lives
Subtitle: A People's History of the American Public Library
Description: "Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Instead, this book uses the voices of generations of public library users to argue that Americans have loved their libraries for the useful information they make accessible; the public spaces they provide; and the commonplace reading materials they supply that help users make sense of the world around them"--
Subjects: Books and reading, Public libraries, General, Library users, Libraries, Public opinion, Attitudes, Libraries and society, Social History, History, Libraries and community, Libraries, united states, Public opinion, united states, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / General, Social aspects, Öffentliche Bibliothek, Benutzer, Einstellung, Folkbibliotek, Historia, Sociala aspekter, Allmänna opinionen, Bibliotek, Attityder till, Bibliotek och samhälle, Böcker och läsning
Places: United States