{"product_id":"american-libraries-1730-1950-kenneth-breisch-9780393731606","title":"American Libraries 1730-1950","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough new technologies appear poised to alter it, the library remains a powerful site for discovery, and its form is still determined by the geometry of the book and the architectural spaces devised to store and display it. \u003cem\u003eAmerican Libraries\u003c\/em\u003e provides a history and panorama of these much-loved structures, inside and out, encompassing the small personal collection, the vast university library, and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 500 photographs and plans selected from the encyclopedic collections of the Library of Congress, Kenneth Breisch traces the development of libraries in the United States, from roots in such iconic examples as the British Library and Paris's Bibliotheque-Ste.-Genevieve to institutions imbued with their own American mythology. Starting with the private collections of wealthy merchants and landowners during the eighteenth century, the book looks at the Library of Congress, large and small public libraries, and the Carnegie libraries, and it ends with a glimpse of modern masterworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Breisch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 039373160X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393731606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 8.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Kenneth Breisch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080009871615,"sku":"9780393731606","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4e214f8-0e28-4aa4-a633-c61bad0372ef.jpg?v=1685484428","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-libraries-1730-1950-kenneth-breisch-9780393731606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}