Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876-1956
(Part of the Iowa and the Midwest Experience Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1609380673
ISBN13:9781609380670
Release Date:October 2011
Publisher:University of Iowa Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
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