LIBRARY PA (MURRAY)

by MURRAY,STUART A. P.

• ISBN13: 9781616084530
• ISBN10: 1616084537
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-03-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

Throughout the history of the world, libraries have been constructed, burned, discovered, raided, and cherished'¬ ;and the treasures they've housed have evolved from early stone tablets to the mass-produced, bound paper books of our present day. The Library invites you to enter the libraries of ancient Greece, early China, Renaissance England, and modern-day America, and speaks to the book lover in all of us. Incorporating beautiful illustrations, insightful quotations, and many marvelous mysteries of libraries'¬ ;their books, patrons, and keepers'¬ ;this book is certain to provide you with a wealth of knowledge and enjoyment.

Author Biography

Stuart A. P. Murray, an author and editor for almost forty years, specializes in American history. Author of over thirty-five books, including the award-winning America's Song: The Story of "Yankee Doodle," he has also worked as a book and newspaper editor, a beat reporter, and a magazine publisher. His journalistic writing has been published in regional dailies as well as in the New York Times. Donald G. Davis, Jr., former editor of Libraries Culture, is editor of several reference books, author of numerous essays, and professor emeritus of library history at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he worked at the University of California, Berkeley Library and also served in Special Collections of the libraries at UCLA and California State University, Fresno. Nicholas A. Basbanes is the author of the bestselling book on book collecting titled A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. He worked as literary editor for the Worcester Sunday Telegram and served as president for the Friends of the Robert H. Goddard Library of Clark University. Currently, Basbanes and his wife write a monthly review of children's books.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xii
Introduction	p. ix
The Ancient Libraries	p. 3
European Libraries of the Middle Ages	p. 23
Asia and Islam	p. 43
Europe's High Middle Ages	p. 59
Renaissance to Reformation	p. 77
People of the Book	p. 97
War and a Golden Age	p. 115
The Library in Colonial North America	p. 135
The Library in the Young United States	p. 153
The Library Movement	p. 173
Organizing Knowledge	p. 193
Libraries, Librarians, and Media Centers	p. 215
Libraries of the World	p. 235
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
British Library
Austrian National Library
National Library of Russia
Russian State Library, Moscow
Library and Archives of Canada
Toronto Public Library
Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales du Quebec
Royal Library of Belgium
Royal Library of the Netherlands
Hong Kong Public Libraries
Italian National Libraries
New York City Public Libraries
New York Public Library
Queens Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library
Boston Public Library
Chicago Public Library
Los Angeles Libraries
County of Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles Public Library
National Library of China
Shanghai Library
German National Library
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
London Library
National Library of Australia
National Diet Library of Japan
Jewish National and University Library
National Library of Brazil
Jagiellonian University Library
National Library of Iran
National Library of Pakistan
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
National Library of India
Herzog August Bibliothek
Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
Abbey Library of St. Gall
Kederminster Library
Huntington Library
Folger Shakespeare Library
American Antiquarian Society
Newberry Library
Cambridge University Library
National Library of Medicine
University of Texas, Austin
Harvard University Libraries
Bodleian Library
The Vatican Library
The Clark Library
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Acknowledgments	p. 305
Sources	p. 305
For Further Reading	p. 306
Index	p. 308
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