Libraries and the Enlightenment

Libraries and the Enlightenment
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Publisher : Library Juice Press, LLC
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9781936117949
ISBN-13 : 1936117940
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Download or read book Libraries and the Enlightenment written by Wayne Bivens-Tatum and published by Library Juice Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Traces the historical foundations of modern American libraries to the European Enlightenment, showing how the ideas on which library institutions are based go back to the ideas and institutions of that revolutionary time"--Provided by publisher.


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