The public library in Britain, 1914-2000
Black, Alistair2000
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This work challenges the myth of the public library as an uncontroversial institution without a history. It focuses on the emancipatory role of the public library, and questions the institutional conservative impulse which has impeded the acceptance of popular culture into public libraries.
Main title:
The public library in Britain, 1914-2000 / Alistair Black.
Author:
Imprint:
London : British Library, 2000.
Collation:
xii,180p.,[8]p. of plates : ill., 1map,1port. ; 26cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780712346856
Local class:
K020 BLA
Language:
English
BRN:
304906