イギリス公共図書館史 Books, Buildings and Social Engineering : Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present

Black, Alistair/ Pepper, Simon/ Bagshaw, Kaye

Routledge（2009/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 486 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780754672074
• DDC分類 022.31441

基本説明

This important book offers a comprehensive socio-architectural history of public library buildings from 1850 to 1939 and a key to understanding how best to handle their future.

Full Description

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.

Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Contexts: The public library and society, 1850-1939: Periodisation, social control and social engineering. Part 2 Periods of Public Library Design: Pioneer public library buildings, 1850-1883; Public library buildings in the age of serial philanthropy, 1883-1914; Modernism and the public library between the wars. Part 3 Thematic Studies: Readers help themselves: the open access revolution; Children's libraries; The library as monument and machine. Part 4 The Past in the Present: New for old?; Conclusion; Appendix; Select bibliography; Index.