The English public library as an agency for social stability, c.1850-1919
Inaugurated by legislation in 1850 the municipal public library had by the end of the First World War become a common feature of urban life. The research and writing of public library history has been myopic; the subject has received little attention from historians working in broader fields. Inadeq...
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London Metropolitan University
1989
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