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Forbidden Books in American Public Libraries, 1876-1939: A Study in Cultural Change (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science)
Forbidden Books in American Public Libraries 18761939 A Study in Cultural Change - Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science
Author: Evelyn Geller
This study traces the way in which the librarian as the guardian of the freedom to read came to replace the librarian as moral censor. This shift in ideology is traced against a backdrop of major social and literary changes. Within this context, censorship is treated as part of a broader professional ideology of book selection. Geller treats tha...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313238086
ISBN-10: 0313238081
Publication Date: 4/16/1984
Pages: 234
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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