| Description |
1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- One: The Public Library -- Two: Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919 -- Three: Philanthropy and the Free Library -- Four: Early Public Libraries in Wales -- Five: Andrew Carnegie and Wales -- Six: Creating Carnegie Libraries -- Seven: Building the Carnegie Libraries of Wales -- Sites -- Architects and builders -- Architectural styles -- Inside the libraries -- Patrons -- Eight: Abortive Proposals for Carnegie Libraries -- Nine: The Carnegie Legacy in Wales -- Notes |
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Gazetteer of Carnegie Libraries Built in Wales -- List of Sources -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
A study of the thirty-five libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in Wales as an illustration of his world-wide commitment to the public library movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. These libraries and their social, cultural and architectural significance have never been studied before |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 |
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Carnegie libraries -- Wales
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Carnegie libraries -- Wales -- Design and construction
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ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
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Carnegie libraries
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Wales
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1786837757 |
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9781786837769 |
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1786837765 |
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9781786837752 |
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9781786837776 |
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1786837773 |
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