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Not free, not for all : public libraries in the age of Jim Crow / Cheryl Knott

Knott, Cheryl, 1954- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2015]

X, 312 Seiten : Illustrationen

Englisch

The culture of print in a context of racismCarnegie 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.

1-62534-178-4 ; 978-1-62534-178-5 ( : (paper)); 978-1-62534-177-8 ( : (hardcover))

2015031827

OCoLC: 956518475     

AN 88340  | AN 88370  | LB 31960      Ähnliche Literatur

Z711.9

027.475

Basisklassifikation: 06.42 (Öffentliche Bibliotheken) ; 71.61 (Diskriminierung)

*USA ; Öffentliche Bibliothek ; Schwarze ; Diskriminierung ; Geschichte     Zum Register

LOC-SH: African Americans and libraries -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century ; Public libraries -- Social aspects -- United States ; African Americans -- Books and reading -- History -- 20th century ; African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century ; Carnegie libraries -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Library architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century

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