Murray, Stuart A. P.
The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. - New York : Chicago : Skyhorse Pub. ; ALA Editions, c2009. - x, 310 p. : ill. (some col.), music ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-307) and index.
The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's high Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- The library movement -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers.
The history of libraries from ancient to modern times is presented through a review of the types of documents stored, the structures themselves, the way they have been managed, and the important part they have played in every culture around the world.
9781602397064 : $35.00 1602397066 : $35.00
2009012126
Libraries--History.
Libraries--Pictorial works.
Z721 / .M885 2009
027.009
The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. - New York : Chicago : Skyhorse Pub. ; ALA Editions, c2009. - x, 310 p. : ill. (some col.), music ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-307) and index.
The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's high Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- The library movement -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers.
The history of libraries from ancient to modern times is presented through a review of the types of documents stored, the structures themselves, the way they have been managed, and the important part they have played in every culture around the world.
9781602397064 : $35.00 1602397066 : $35.00
2009012126
Libraries--History.
Libraries--Pictorial works.
Z721 / .M885 2009
027.009