01847nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10578632 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 111121s2012 cau sb 001 0 eng d 2011043639 9781936117420 9781936117949 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)808347587 n-us--- Z731 .B655 2012eb 027.073 23 Bivens-Tatum, Wayne. Libraries and the Enlightenment [electronic resource] / Wayne Bivens-Tatum. Los Angeles : Library Juice Press, 2012. xii, 211 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. The Enlightenment: a brief introduction -- Academic libraries and the philosophical Enlightenment -- Public libraries and the political Enlightenment -- Universal libraries : dream and reality. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Libraries United States History. Academic libraries History. Public libraries Political aspects United States History. Libraries Aims and objectives. Libraries and society. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10578632 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 86376 86376