BOOKS, BUILDINGS AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING by Professor Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, Kaye Bagshaw ( 9780754672074 )

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Title:

BOOKS, BUILDINGS AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING
EARLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN BRITAIN FROM PAST TO PRESENT

By:

Professor Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, Kaye Bagshaw

Format:

Hardback

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£135.00

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ISBN 10:

0754672077

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9780754672074

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

23 June, 2009

Pages:

486

Description:

An important influence on the cultural and educational life of the country, British public libraries began to be supported by local taxation in 1850 but their buildings now represent a difficult architectural problem for many communities. This book presents socio-architectural history of public library buildings from 1850 to 1939.

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.

Illustrations:

includes 11 line drawings & 142 b&w maps

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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