Free to All : Carnegie Libraries & American Culture, 1890-1920 (Hardcover)

from devdev365

Well-researched explication of the Carnegie library program in the US, including copious illustrations and floor plans of libraries. Appreciated the author's treatment of various library issues in urban and rural contexts. Van Slyck proposes the interesting thesis that the classicism in library d...

from JessieP73

Actually quite an interesting book about the building of Carnegie libraries, but the emphasis on architecture made a bit slow at times.

from pranogajec

This illuminating study of the national program of public libraries initially funded by the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie is an excellent reference and an admirably lucid and compelling narrative. Van Slyck ably discerns the motivations of Carnegie, the changing patterns of his philanthropy, an...