The Voluntary Libraries of Victorian Britain: Volume 2

2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-73954-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: New Directions in Book History

This volume provides an examination of the kind of free (or nearly free) libraries which were available to the general public in Scotland and Wales in the late nineteenth century, but which were not supported by local taxation. They were effectually substitutes for municipal public libraries in areas where that sort of library provision did not exist. They may have been funded by wealthy philanthropists or by well-wishers. Attention is paid too to libraries which were aimed at specific communities, such as workers in factories, mills, mines, railway works, and shops, as well as book provision for policemen, soldiers and sailors, hospital patients, nurses, workhouses, prisoners, and domestic servants (and hotel guests). The voluntary public libraries of England and Wales are dealt with in Volume 1.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manley, Keith A.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Scotland: “Men with Moleskin Jackets Reading Books”.- 2. Ireland and the Channel Islands.- 3. Workplace Lending Libraries.- 4. Involuntary’ Libraries.

Über Autor(innen)

Keith A. Manley's previously published books include  (2012) and (2018). He also co-edited (2006). Keith is a Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals), as well as Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.