Before the Public Library
| Author | : Mark Towsey |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2017-10-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004348677 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004348670 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (670 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Before the Public Library by : Mark Towsey
Download or read book Before the Public Library written by Mark Towsey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Public Library explores the emergence of community-based lending libraries in the Atlantic World in the two centuries before the advent of the Public Library movement in the mid-nineteenth century through essays by eighteen leading scholars.
