Black, Alistair

Books, buildings and social engineering : early public libraries in Britain from past to present / by Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, and Kaye Bagshaw - Aldershot, Hants, England : Ashgate Pub., 2009 - xix, 465p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

9780754672074 (alk. paper) RM354.30 9780754690917 (ebook)


Library buildings--History--Great Britain--19th century
Library buildings--History--Great Britain--20th century
Library architecture--History--Great Britain--19th century
Library architecture--History--Great Britain--20th century
Public libraries--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Public libraries--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--20th century