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232 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781597113748
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Aperture
Publication date: 01 April 2017
Description
In pre-Revolutionary War America, libraries were member-driven collections for the elite; it was not until 1790 that Benjamin Franklin helped to establish the first public lending library. Throughout the subsequent centuries the library has evolve...
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232 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781597113748
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Aperture
Publication date: 01 April 2017
Description
In pre-Revolutionary War America, libraries were member-driven collections for the elite; it was not until 1790 that Benjamin Franklin helped to establish the first public lending library. Throughout the subsequent centuries the library has evolve...