The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History

Alice CrawfordPrinceton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691175744

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The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History

Alice CrawfordPrinceton University Press

ISBN-10: 0691175748 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691175744 · 2017

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This scholarly volume traces the evolution of the library as a physical and intellectual institution, spanning from the ancient world to the contemporary digital landscape.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
2017
Pages: 336Language: English

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Author: Alice Crawford

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Inferred: Archival StudiesInferred: Digital HumanitiesInferred: EnlightenmentInferred: History Of BooksInferred: HumanismInferred: Information ScienceInferred: Intellectual HistoryInferred: Library ScienceInferred: Literary CultureInferred: Modernism

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