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Librarianship and legitimacy : the ideology of the Public Library Inquiry

Title
  1. Librarianship and legitimacy : the ideology of the Public Library Inquiry / Douglas Raber.
Published by
  1. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Author
  1. Raber, Douglas, 1949-

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Description
  1. xi, 162 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Describes the history and significance of the Public Library Inquiry of the late 1940s, which sought "to study and document the conditions, achievements, and weaknesses of public libraries and librarianship."--Page 4.
Series statement
  1. Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 90
Uniform title
  1. Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 90.
Subject
  1. Public Library Inquiry (Project) > History
  2. Public Library Inquiry (Project)
  3. 1900-1999
  4. Geschichte 1945-1950
  5. Public libraries > Aims and objectives > History > United States > 20th century
  6. Public libraries > Aims and objectives
  7. Legitimation
  8. Projekt
  9. Öffentliche Bibliothek
  10. Openbare bibliotheken
  11. Bibliotheekbeheer
  12. United States
  13. USA
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction -- 2. Interpretative Context: Librarianship and Professional Ideology -- 3. The Public Library and the Postwar World -- 4. The Beginnings of the Public Library Inquiry -- 5. Leigh's Proposal -- 6. The Critique of the Public Library -- 7. The Critique of American Culture -- 8. Democracy and the Civic Library -- 9. The Political Strategy -- 10. Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index.