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Irish reading societies and circulating libraries founded before 1825 : useful knowledge and agreeable entertainment / K.A. Manley.
Van Pelt Library Z792.5.A1 M36 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manley, K. A. (Keith A.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rental libraries--Ireland--History.
- Rental libraries.
- Subscription libraries--Ireland--History.
- Subscription libraries.
- Books and reading--Ireland--History.
- Books and reading.
- Intellectual life.
- History.
- Ireland--Intellectual life.
- Ireland.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Ecclesiastical beginnings and mutual improvement p. 15
- 2 Workers' reading societies to 1800 p. 25
- 3 Middle-class subscription libraries to 1800 p. 45
- 4 Circulating libraries to 1800 p. 57
- 5 Circulating libraries after 1800 p. 75
- 6 Middle-class subscription libraries after 1800: large towns and cities p. 98
- 7 Middle-class subscription libraries after 1800: smaller towns p. 111
- 8 Workers' reading societies after 1800 p. 124
- 9 Private libraries, mutual benefit, and book clubs p. 142
- 10 Religious and school libraries p. 165
- 11 Subscription libraries after 1825 p. 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1846827175
- 9781846827174
- OCLC:
- 1019632575
- Publisher Number:
- 99978309235
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