Description
Product ID: | 9780691175744 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | The Meaning of the Library |
Subtitle: | A Cultural History |
Authors: | Author: Alice Crawford |
Page Count: | 336 |
Subjects: | Library and information sciences / Museology, Library & information sciences, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies, Media studies, Social & cultural history, Cultural studies, Media studies |
Description: | Select Guide Rating From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. The Meaning of the Library is a generously illustrated examination of this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and ponderi |
Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-03-07 |