Author: Abigail A. Van Slyck

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1998-07-20

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780226850320

Familiar landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries have shaped the public library experience of generations of Americans and today seen far from controversial. In Free to All, however, Abigail Van Slyck shows that the classical facades and symmetrical plans of these buildings often mask the complex and contentious circumstances of their construction and use.