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Good books in a country home : the public library as cultural force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920

Title
Good books in a country home : the public library as cultural force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920 / Deanna B. Marcum.
Author
Marcum, Deanna B.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

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Description
xiv, 194 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 79
Uniform Title
Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 79.
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Public libraries > Maryland > Hagerstown > History > 19th century
  • Public libraries > Maryland > Hagerstown > History > 20th century
  • Rural libraries > Maryland > Hagerstown > History > 19th century
  • Rural libraries > Maryland > Hagerstown > History > 20th century
  • Public libraries > Maryland > Hagerstown > History
  • Rural libraries > Maryland > Hagerstown > History
  • Civilization
  • Public libraries
  • Rural libraries
  • Ländlicher Raum
  • Öffentliche Bibliothek
  • Bibliotheken
  • Leesgewoonten
  • Geschichte 1878-1920
  • Hagerstown (Md.) > Civilization
  • Maryland > Hagerstown
  • Hagerstown, Md
  • USA
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-190) and index.
Contents
Hagerstown : from rural to urban? -- Libraries and librarians in the nineteenth century -- Washington County, Maryland : the context for change -- Library education and the new librarian -- The Maryland library scene -- The new public library in a rural community -- The ideology of reading -- Analysis of the case study.
ISBN
  • 0313286264
  • 9780313286261
LCCN
93014463
OCLC
  • ocm28334707
  • 28334707
  • SCSB-9550580
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library