The Story of Libraries, Second Edition

By - Lerner, Frederick Andrew

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Continuum. Continuum, New York., New York, Continuum, 2009

ISBN 10 - 0826429904

ISBN 13 - 9780826429902

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Libraries--History

Shelf No - 9

Call Number - 027.009 LER 2009

Edition - 2nd ed.

Physical Description - X, 249 p., [16] p. of plates, ill. ; 23 cm.Previous ed.: 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index

Notes - Includes Bibliography and index

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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, which was lost to us in stages over many years), the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe. It continues with the libraries of colonial America, the Library of Congress, university libraries, and today's large public library system. >

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