Carnegie Libraries
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Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation provided funding for 1,681 public library buildings in 1,412 U.S. communities between 1889 and 1923. This philanthropy had
Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation provided funding for 1,681 public library buildings in 1,412 U.S. communities between 1889 and 1923. This philanthropy had
The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and
First Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation