Free to all : Carnegie libraries & American culture, 1890-1920 /

Free to all : Carnegie libraries & American culture, 1890-1920 / Abigail A. Van Slyck.

Familiar landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries have shaped the public library experience of generations of Americans and today seen far from controversial. In Free to All, however, Abigail Van Slyck shows that the classical facades and symmetrical plans of these buildings often...

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Main Author: Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Library architecture > United States > History > 19th century.
Library architecture > United States > History > 20th century.
Public libraries > Social aspects > United States.
Architecture and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Architecture and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Carnegie libraries > United States > History > 19th century.
Carnegie libraries > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Civilization > 1865-1918.

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Call Number: Z679.2.U54 V36 1995
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