Main Street public library : community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 / by Wayne A. Wiegand.
The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald's restaurants. By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censor...
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| Main Author: |
Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946- |
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| Format: | eBook
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Iowa and the Midwest experience.
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| Subjects: |
HISTORY
> United States
> State & Local
> Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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| Online Access: | Click for online access
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