Libraries and the Enlightenment
Bivens-Tatum, Wayne.
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ebrary, Inc
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bibliography
Electronic books.
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Los Angeles
Library Juice Press
2012
monographic
eng
xii, 211 p.
"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.
The Enlightenment: a brief introduction -- Academic libraries and the philosophical Enlightenment -- Public libraries and the political Enlightenment -- Universal libraries : dream and reality.
Wayne Bivens-Tatum.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Libraries
United States
History
Academic libraries
History
Public libraries
Political aspects
United States
History
Libraries
Aims and objectives
Libraries and society
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