Modern History
The public library
Ernest A. Baker · narrated by Juniper
2026
5h 33m
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Ernest Baker's case for the public library as engine of democracy and learning at the dawn of the twentieth century. He traces its rise, purpose and place in the life of ordinary readers. A window into how the free library became one of the great civic ideas of the modern age.
Inside this audiobook
8 chapters
- 1PREFACE.3m
- 2I. HISTORICAL SKETCH.49m
- 3II WHAT IS A LIBRARY SERVICE?1h 6m
- 4III LIBRARY EXTENSION.58m
- 5IV RURAL LIBRARIES.49m
- 6V A NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE.1h 1m
- 7VI TRAINING IN LIBRARIANSHIP41m
- 8IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS6m
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