| International Standard Book Number |
9781625341778 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781625341785 (softcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
027.475 23
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| Personal Name |
Knott, Cheryl, 1954- author.
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| Title Statement |
Not free, not for all : public libraries in the age of Jim Crow / Cheryl Knott.
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| Imprint |
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2015]
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| Physical Description |
x, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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| Content Type |
text rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier
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| Series Statement |
Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-304) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The culture of print in a context of racism -- Carnegie public libraries for African Americans -- Solidifying segregation -- Faltering systems -- Change and continuity -- Erecting libraries, constructing race -- Books for black readers -- Reading the race-based library -- Opening access.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans and libraries Southern States History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Books and reading History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Southern States History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Architecture and society United States History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Carnegie libraries United States History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Library architecture United States History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Public libraries United States. Social aspects
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