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This work describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Classical world (the great library of Alexandria,
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Everyone who has a library card (and those who don't will want one after reading this book) will love this fascinating account of how libraries have evolved. Fr
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Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Tw
Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America
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For well over one hundred years, libraries open to the public have played a crucial part in fostering in Americans the skills and habits of reading and writing,