Public Libraries and Marxism

by John Pateman and Joe Pateman

Book Overview

Public Libraries and Marxism provides a Marxist analytical framework for understanding public libraries and presents a set of proposals for transforming the capitalist libraries of today.

Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this Marxist framework, the authors also provide a critical examination of the history, theory and practice of libraries in the Soviet Union and North Korea. Considering what a Marxist library service would look...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036776119X
• ISBN13: 9780367761196
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"