Barbarians at the gates of the public library : how postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good / by Ed D'Angelo
Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Crisis of Democracy and the Public Library -- 2. Democracy and the Profession of Librarianship -- 3. The Reasoning Public: Public Libraries, Democracy and the Public Good -- 4. Education, Democracy and the Public Good -- 5. Education, Edification, Entertainment and Consumption -- 6. From Ethical Liberalism to Economic Liberalism -- 7. Coney Island and the Rise of Mass Entertainment -- 8. Barbarism and Entertainment -- 9. From Citizen to Consumer -- 10. Democracy, the Public Good and the Post-modern Information Economy
11. Markets, Bureaucracies and New Economy Management Theory12. Postmodern Consumer Capitalism and the Public Library -- Bibliography -- About the Author
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127)
