Main Street public library [[electronic resource] ] : community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 / / Wayne A. Wiegand

• Autore: Wiegand Wayne A. <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 027.4/77
• Soggetto topico: Public libraries - Middle West - History; Rural libraries - Middle West - History; Libraries and community - Middle West - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : information, reading, place -- Pride of a century : the Bryant Library of Sauk Centre, Minnesota -- A credit to the place : the Sage Library of Osage, Iowa -- Tourist attraction : the Charles H. Moore Library of Lexington, Michigan -- Those commission ideas : the Rhinelander Public Library of Rhinelander, Wisconsin -- Literature suitable for a small public library : Main Street public library collections -- Epilogue : agent of social harmony.
• Sommario/riassunto: The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald's restaurants. By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censorship as it makes information available to people from all walks of life. Among librarians this idea is known as the "library faith." But is the American public library as democratic as it appears to be? In Main Street Public Library, eminent lib
• Titolo autorizzato: Main Street public library
• ISBN: 1-60938-068-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829030403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Iowa and the Midwest experience.