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      • Volume 2: 1640–1850
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      March 2008
      October 2006
      ISBN:
      9781139055314
      9780521792745
      9781107683709
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521792745
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.06kg, 588 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 588 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Printing and Publishing History, English Literature: General Interest
      Collection:
      Cambridge Histories - Literature
      Series:
      The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (2)
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Printing and Publishing History, English Literature: General Interest
    Collection:
    Cambridge Histories - Literature
    Series:
    The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (2)
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    The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland describes the development of libraries in Great Britain and Ireland over some 1500 years, and their role as a part of the social, intellectual and cultural history. In addition to obvious links with the history of books and literature, the volumes include consideration of education, technology, social philosophy, architecture and the arts, as they have affected libraries. The significant international dimension, which has affected British and Irish libraries from the Middle Ages to the present, receives due attention. Other themes considered in each volume include the housing, storage and maintenance of books and other material; the individuals responsible for their care and those who used them; developments in provision, organization and cataloguing; and the principles and attitudes - of librarians and users - which such developments reflect.

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