Reading Places: Literacy, Democracy, and the Public Library in Cold War America (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Christine Pawley examines public libraries in Cold War America through the intersecting themes of literacy, democracy, and print culture. This focused work considers the library as a significant reading place and contributes to the history of the book and the study of civic life.
About This Book
Reading Places examines the relationship between literacy, democracy, and the public library in Cold War America.
Christine Pawley places public libraries within the broader history of print culture and reading.
The book considers how libraries function as places connected to literacy and democratic life.
Part of the Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book series, this work provides a focused historical study of reading places in the United States.
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