Apostles of Culture: Public Librarian and American Society, 1876-1920

by Lora Dee Garrison and Dee Garrison

In her Foreword, Christine Pawley sums up the importance of Dee Garrison's book as follows: "Nearly a quarter-century has passed since the first edition of Apostles of Culture appeared. Since no book-length study of the formation of the American public library has yet challenged Dee Garrison's 1979 analysis, it remains the most recent---and most-cited--- interpretation of the public library's past, a landmark in the history, and the historiography,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299181146
• ISBN13: 9780299181147
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"