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Download⚡️ Free to All: Carnegie Libraries & American Culture, 1890-1920

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Download⚡️ Free to All: Carnegie Libraries & American Culture, 1890-1920

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  1. Free to All: Carnegie Libraries &American Culture, 1890-1920

  2. Description : Familiar landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries today seem far from controversial. In Free to All, however, Abigail A. Van Slyck shows that the classical fa&#231ade and symmetrical plans of these buildings often mask a complex and contentious history.&quotThewhole story is told here in this book. Carnegie's wishes, the conflicts among local groups, the architecture, development of female librarians. It's a rich and marvelous story, lovingly told.&quot#8212Alicia Browne, Journal of American Culture&quotThi well-written and extensively researched work is a welcome addition to the history of architecture, librarianship, and philanthropy.&quot#8212Joanne Passet, Journal of American History&quotVanSlyck's book is a tremendous contribution for its keenness of scholarship and good writing and also for its perceptive look at a familiar but misunderstood icon of the American townscape.&quot#8212Howard Wight Marshall, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians&quotVan Slyck's] reading of the cultural coding implicit in the architectural design of the library makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the limitations of the doctrine 'free to all.'&quot#8212Virginia Quarterly Review

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