TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griffiths,Ralph A.
TI  - Free and Public: Andrew Carnegie and the Libraries of Wales
SN  - 9781786837769
AV  - Z679 .F744 2021
KW  - Carnegie, Andrew,
KW  - Carnegie libraries
KW  - Wales
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Cover --; Title Page --; Copyright Page --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; Preface --; One: The Public Library --; Two: Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919 --; Three: Philanthropy and the Free Library --; Four: Early Public Libraries in Wales --; Five: Andrew Carnegie and Wales --; Six: Creating Carnegie Libraries --; Seven: Building the Carnegie Libraries of Wales --; Sites --; Architects and builders --; Architectural styles --; Inside the libraries --; Patrons --; Eight: Abortive Proposals for Carnegie Libraries --; Nine: The Carnegie Legacy in Wales --; Notes; Gazetteer of Carnegie Libraries Built in Wales --; List of Sources --; Index --; Back Cover; 2; b
N2  - A study of the thirty-five libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in Wales as an illustration of his world-wide commitment to the public library movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. These libraries and their social, cultural and architectural significance have never been studied before
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