Early Public Libraries and Colonial Citizenship in the British Southern Hemisphere. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lara Atkin, Sarah Comyn, Porscha Fermanis, Nathan Garvey.
• Authors: Atkin, Lara; Comyn, Sarah; Fermanis, Porscha; Garvey, Nathan
• Contents: 1. Introduction.- 2. From Community to Public Libraries: Liberalism, Education, and Self-Government.- 3. Cultivating Public Readers: Citizens, Classes, and Types.- 4. 'A mob of light readers': Holdings, Genre Proportions, and Modes of Reading.- 5. Knowing the 'Native Mind': Ethnological and Philological Collections.- 6. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (159 pages)
• Subjects: Literature; Literature ; Literary Criticism -- General; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Literary Criticism -- Books & Reading; Books-History; Literature-History and criticism; Literature, Modern-18th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030204266
• Related ISBNs: 9783030204259
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.