The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 2, 1640-1850 / edited by Giles Mandelbrote and K.A. Manley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mandelbrote, Giles, editor.

Manley, K. A. (Keith A.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Great Britain--History.

Libraries.

Libraries--Ireland--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 575 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain & Ireland

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland describes the development of libraries in Great Britain and Ireland over some 1500 years, and their role as a part of the social, intellectual and cultural history. In addition to obvious links with the history of books and literature, the volumes include consideration of education, technology, social philosophy, architecture and the arts, as they have affected libraries. The significant international dimension, which has affected British and Irish libraries from the Middle Ages to the present, receives due attention. Other themes considered in each volume include the housing, storage and maintenance of books and other material; the individuals responsible for their care and those who used them; developments in provision, organization and cataloguing; and the principles and attitudes - of librarians and users - which such developments reflect.

Contents:

Introduction: the changing world of libraries

from cloister to hearth / Giles Mandelbrote and K.A. Manley

The expansion of book collections 1640-1750

Ancients and moderns: cross-currents in early modern intellectual life / Joseph M. Levine

Libraries, books and learning, from bacon to the enlightenment / Paul A. Nelles

Opportunities for building collections and libraries / Julian Roberts

Libraries for school education and personal devotion / Ian Green

Libraries for the parish: individual donors and charitable societies / W.M. Jacob

Endowed libraries for towns / Michael Powell

Libraries in university towns / Charles Benson

Ecclesiastical libraries: libraries for the higher clergy / Sheila Hingley

Libraries for antiquaries and heralds / Nigel Ramsay

Professional collections: libraries for scientists and doctors / Scott Mandelbrote

Personal owners of books / Giles Mandelbrote

Library buildings and fittings / John Newman

Baroque librarianship / P.S. Morrish

Library development at a local level

Libraries for sociability: the advance of the subscription library / James Raven

Local library provision: 1 Norwich / David Stoker

Local library provision: 2 Belfast / Wesley McCann

Provincial and Metropolitan Libraries 1750-1850

Libraries in context: social, cultural and intellectual background / Joanna Innes

The book trade and libraries / John Feather

Ecclesiastical libraries / Joan Williams

Libraries in the parish / Graham Best

Books and universities / Peter Freshwater

Libraries and literacy in popular education / Brian Burch

Scientific and medical libraries: the rise of the institution / John Symons

The first century of the British Museum library / P.R. Harris

The impact of the British Museum library / Marvin Spevack

Private libraries in the age of bibliomania / Arnold Hunt

Library architecture and interiors / M.H. Port

Library management in the pre-professional age / P.S. Morrish

Libraries for an imperial power / Wallace Kirsop

Engines of literature: libraries in an era of expansion and transition / K.A. Manley.

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ISBN:

9781139055314 (ebook)

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