Main Street public library : community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 /
The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald's restaurants. By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censor...
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
2011
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Series: | Iowa and the Midwest experience.
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