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010 _a 2009012126
020 _a9781602397064 (hbk.)
020 _a9780838909911 (hbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn277203534
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_bMUR 2009
100 1 _aMurray, Stuart.
_d1948-
_912724
245 1 4 _aThe library :
_ban illustrated history /
_cStuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bSkyhorse Pub. ;
_aChicago :
_bALA Editions,
_cc2009.
300 _ax, 310 p. :
_bchiefly col. ill., music, ports. ;
_c27 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-307) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aLibraries
_xHistory.
_912725
650 0 _aLibraries
_vPictorial works.
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