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Reading places : literacy, democracy, and the public library in Cold War America /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pawley, Christine, 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Door-Kewaunee Regional Library > History.
Cold War.
Libraries and community > United States > Case studies.
Books and reading > Wisconsin > Kewaunee County > History > 20th century.
Books and reading > Wisconsin > Door County > History > 20th century.
Rural libraries > Wisconsin > Kewaunee County > History > 20th century.
Rural libraries > Wisconsin > Door County > History > 20th century.
Public libraries > Wisconsin > Kewaunee County > History > 20th century.
Public libraries > Wisconsin > Door County > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Literacy debates and dangers
  • The geography of rural reading
  • Reaching readers with the Wisconsin idea
  • Reading : for whom, and what?
  • Children, teachers, and the rural school
  • What to read : children's choices
  • Women, print, and domesticity
  • Winners and losers : the referendum and its aftermath.