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Conclusion

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2025

Alice Wickenden
Alice Wickenden
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The conclusion asserts that a library is best understood as something fluid and potential in the same way that the books within it may also hold the potential to be objects. It points out that libraries have always contained other objects, such as medals and coins, and reminds the reader that the library space is a constructed one, not a neutral or inevitable one.

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Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge , pp. 201 - 204
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Conclusion
  • Alice Wickenden, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge
  • Online publication: 20 November 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009497404.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Alice Wickenden, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge
  • Online publication: 20 November 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009497404.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Alice Wickenden, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge
  • Online publication: 20 November 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009497404.007
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