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The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes.

By: Murray, Stuart, 1948-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Chicago : Skyhorse Pub. ; ALA Editions, c2009Description: x, 310 p. : chiefly col. ill., music, ports. ; 27 cmISBN: 9781602397064 (hbk.); 9780838909911 (hbk.)Subject(s): Libraries -- History | Libraries -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 027.009 LOC classification: Z721 | .M87 2009
Contents:
The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's High Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- Libraries across America -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers -- Libraries of the world.
Summary: The history of libraries from ancient to modern times is presented through a review of the types of documents stored, the structures themselves, the way they have been managed, and the important part they have played in every culture around the world.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-307) and index.

The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's High Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- Libraries across America -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers -- Libraries of the world.

The history of libraries from ancient to modern times is presented through a review of the types of documents stored, the structures themselves, the way they have been managed, and the important part they have played in every culture around the world.

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