The activities surrounding the National Digital Library Program (NDLP) at the Library of
Congress (1995–2000) are used to study institutional processes associated with …

This article explores the culture of reading in the coffee-house, drawing on provenance
records in order to reconstruct the libraries of some of the most prominent coffee-houses in …

By outlining the contribution made by private libraries to the intellectual and cultural lives of
a specific group of readers in the rural north-east of Scotland, this article asks what role …

The essay examines the conditions of book accumulation in two places in the world
economy, California and Peru, through the narratives left by book collector Hubert Bancroft …

In a seminal article written about 20 years ago, Robert Darnton asks how we can recover the
history of reading. In an attempt to respond, he cautions thatit was not always and …

It sounds simple enough: The history of journalism is part of the history of publishing, and the
history of publishing is part of the history of journalism. They overlap. Journalism historians …

Library history per se has evolved from a highly specialized scholarly endeavour to a field
open to a wider range of subjects and orientations. This discussion examines the library …

In the introductory note to a small collection of essays she published in the mid-1930s, Willa
Cather observed that “the world broke in two in 1922 or thereabouts.” 1 She was referring to …

INTRODUCTION Of the critical social theorists profiled in this book, only a handful have
actually participated in direct political action or party work to change a regime or social …

This thesis is about the library's place in women's education and everyday life. It suggests
that there is a connection between these two things, and that this connection has often been …