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Books, Buildings and Social Engineering: Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present - Softcover

Black, Alistair; Pepper, Simon; Bagshaw, Kaye

 
9780815399285: Books, Buildings and Social Engineering: Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0815399286 ISBN 13: 9780815399285
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Public libraries have strangely never been the subject of an extensive design history. Consequently, this important and comprehensive book represents a ground-breaking socio-architectural study of pre-1939 public library buildings. A surprisingly high proportion of these urban civic buildings remain intact and present an increasingly difficult architectural problem for many communities. The book thus includes a study of what is happening to these historic libraries now and proposes that knowledge of their origins and early development can help build an understanding of how best to handle their future.

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About the Author

Alistair Black is Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Simon Pepper is Professor of Architecture, Liverpool University, UK and Kaye Bagshaw is the Research Officer for the AHRB-funded project 'Early public libraries in Britain' at Liverpool University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0815399286
ISBN 13 
9780815399285
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
486