Libraries and the Enlightenment

"Traces the historical foundations of modern American libraries to the European Enlightenment, showing how the ideas on which library institutions are based go back to the ideas and institutions of that revolutionary time"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bivens-Tatum, Wayne
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Library Juice Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Enlightenment: a brief introduction
  • Academic libraries and the philosophical Enlightenment
  • Public libraries and the political Enlightenment
  • Universal libraries : dream and reality.