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Free and Public: Andrew Carnegie and the Libraries of Wales - Softcover

Griffiths, Ralph A.

 
9781786837745: Free and Public: Andrew Carnegie and the Libraries of Wales
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1786837749 ISBN 13: 9781786837745
Verlag: University of Wales Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

A study of historic Welsh libraries and their entanglement with the movement for free public libraries and the philanthropic vision of Andrew Carnegie. 

What can a library tell us about history? In the Edwardian Age, Andrew Carnegie, &;the richest man in the world,&; undertook an effort to build a number of libraries in Wales and Great Britain. The Carnegie buildings have never been fully recorded, and some are in critical condition today. To memorialize them, this book illustrates the social, cultural, and architectural significance of the historic libraries that formed the heart of towns and industrial communities across Wales. The book also traces the history of the free and public library system from the first Public Libraries Act of 1850 to the present day, highlighting Carnegie&;s extraordinary philanthropic vision and legacy in the process.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ralph A. Griffiths is a professor emeritus of medieval history at Swansea University in Wales and an honorary vice president of the Royal Historical Society.
 

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Verlag
University of Wales Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1786837749
ISBN 13 
9781786837745
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
158
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