Good books in a country home : the public library as cultural force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920 / Deanna B. Marcum.

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Marcum, Deanna B.

Title & Author:

Good books in a country home : the public library as cultural force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920 / Deanna B. Marcum.

Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

Description:

xiv, 194 pages ; 25 cm.

Series:

Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 79

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.
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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0313286264 (alk. paper)
9780313286261 (alk. paper)

Subject:

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.
Bibliothèques publiques Maryland Hagerstown Histoire.
Bibliothèques rurales Maryland Hagerstown Histoire.
Bibliothèques publiques Maryland Hagerstown Histoire 19e siècle.
Bibliothèques publiques Maryland Hagerstown Histoire 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques rurales Maryland Hagerstown Histoire 19e siècle.
Bibliothèques rurales Maryland Hagerstown Histoire 20e siècle.
Civilization.
Public libraries.
Rural libraries.
Ländlicher Raum
Öffentliche Bibliothek
Bibliotheken.
Leesgewoonten.
Geschichte 1878-1920.
Hagerstown (Md.) Civilization.
Hagerstown (Md.) Moeurs et coutumes.
Maryland Hagerstown.
Hagerstown, Md.
USA
Public libraries History
Maryland

Form/genre:

Fallstudie.
History.

Added entries:

Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 79.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 180281
Call No.: ID Z732.M38 M27; ID:98-B691
Status: Available

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