Library: An Unquiet History

Library : An Unquiet History

Matthew Battles

Reference

Vintage Books USA

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the British library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home libraries to the Information Age. Encyclopedic in breadth and novelistic in its telling, Library is a slim history that speaks volumes.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Thorndike Press

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