02646nam 2200601 450 991079611720332120230807215053.01-61376-353-0(CKB)3790000000033315(EBL)4526427(SSID)ssj0001583686(PQKBManifestationID)16265639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001583686(PQKBWorkID)14170790(PQKB)11696091(MiAaPQ)EBC4526427(OCoLC)919384595(MdBmJHUP)muse42426(Au-PeEL)EBL4526427(CaPaEBR)ebr11212475(EXLCZ)99379000000003331520160607h20152015 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrWhat Middletown read print culture in an American small city /Frank Felsenstein and James J. ConnollyAmherst, [Massachusetts] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :University of Massachusetts Press,2015.©20151 online resource (324 p.)Studies in Print Culture and the History of the BookDescription based upon print version of record.1-62534-140-7 Includes bibliographical references and index."Now we are a city" : portrait of a boomtown -- "A magnificent array of books" : the origins and development of the Muncie Public Library -- Cosmopolitan trends : print culture and the public library in 1890's Muncie -- Borrowing patterns : the Muncie Public Library and its patrons -- "Bread sweet as honey" : reading, education, and the public library -- Reading and reform : the role of fiction in the civic imagination of Muncie's activist women -- Schoolboys and social butterflies : profiling Middletown readers -- Epilogue. Looking backward, looking forward -- Appendix. The What Middletown read database.Studies in print culture and the history of the book.Books and readingIndianaMuncieHistory19th centuryBooks and readingIndianaMuncieHistory20th centuryLibraries and communityIndianaMuncieHistoryBooks and readingHistoryBooks and readingHistoryLibraries and communityHistory.028/.909112650909034Felsenstein Frank1191990Connolly James J.1962-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796117203321What Middletown read3798217UNINA