Libraries & Culture articles from January 1999

Libraries & Culture archives from January 1999

The University of Cracow Library under Nazi occupation: 1939-1945.
January 1, 1999... This article examines the short but dramatic period of Nazi occupation of the University of Cracow Library. It explores Nazi policies toward Polish cultural and educational institutions, especially in the General Government and its capital,...

The Connecticut Missionary Society and book distribution in the early republic.
January 1, 1999... This article examines the book distribution efforts of the Connecticut Missionary Society between 1798 and 1812. As part of an effort to aid Congregationalist migrants in frontier settlements, the society distributed tracts, hymn books, sermon...

The Carnegie Corporation and South Africa: Non-European Library Services.
January 1, 1999... The grants provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to South Africa through the British Dominions and Colonies Fund in the 1920s and 1930s provided for Non-European Library Services to provide library services to Blacks in the four...

Constructing women in library history: reponding to Julia Taylor's "Left on the Shelf?".
January 1, 1999... This paper is a response to work on women library workers in the United Kingdom. It suggests that recent concerns about the need for library historians to extend the analytical and interpretative side of their work contain an inherent demand to...

The cover.(history of the Cherokee library in Oklahoma)
January 1, 1999... Loyal Au Mart translates to Faithful Unto Death. These words adorn the personal bookplate of J. B. Milam as well as describing his philosophy and dedication toward his Cherokee Nation. Jesse Bartley Milam (1884-1949), Cherokee Roll #24953,...

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire. By Janice A. Radway. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. xiii, 424 pp. $29.95. ISBN 0-8078-2357-0. Funny. My approach to...

Writing Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain: The Mothers of Saint Teresa of Avila. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Writing Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain: The Mothers of Saint Teresa of Avila. By Ronald E. Surtz. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. 223 pp. $32.95. ISBN 0-8122-3292-5. In this well-written, meticulously...

Anthoine Verard, Parisian Publisher, 1485-1512: Prologues, Poems, and Presentations. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Anthoine Verard, Parisian Publisher, 1485-1512: Prologues, Poems, and Presentations. By Mary Beth Winn. Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 1997. 555 pp. Fr.s. 132, 60. ISBN 2-600-00219-7. Anthoine Verard dominated French publishing from...

The Production and Transmission of Ideas in Naples, 1685-1750. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Vico's Cultural History. The Production and Transmission of Ideas in Naples, 1685-1750. By Harold Samuel Stone. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997. xxiv, 328 pp. $106.00. ISBN 90-04-10650-2. Giambattista Vico's historical reputation has fluctuated...

History of Books and Libraries in the Philippines, 1521-1900. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... History of Books and Libraries in the Philippines, 1521-1900. By Vicente S. Hernandez. Manila: The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1996. Xvi, 248 pp. ISBN 971-91500-1-7. There is a dearth of materials and sources in and about...

The Book Trade and Its Customers, 1450-1900: Historical Essays for Robin Myers. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... The Book Trade & Its Customers, 1450-1900: Historical Essays for Robin Myers. Edited by Arnold Hunt, Giles Mandelbrote, and Allison Shell. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press; Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1997. xviii, 316 pp. $75.00....

Speaking Pictures: English Emblem Books and Renaissance Culture. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Speaking Pictures: English Emblem Books and Renaissance Culture. By Michael Bath. London: Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library, 1994. xiv, 311 pp. [pounds sterling]38.00. ISBN 0-582-06196-2. In this erudite study of English emblem...

The Stationers' Company and the Book Trade, 1550-1990. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... The Stationers' Company and the Book Trade, 1550-1990. Edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll, Press, 1997. xiii, 210 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-884718-45-0. Antiquaries, Book Collectors and the Circles of Learning....

Of Making Many Books: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Of Making Many Books: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing. By Roger Burlingame. University Park, Penn.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. xxxiv, 347 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $9.95 (paper). ISBN 0-271-01611-6. Roger...

The Popular Magazine in Britain and the United States, 1880-1960. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... The Popular Magazine in Britain and the United States, 1880-1960. By David Reed. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1997. viii, 287 pp. $75.00. ISBN 0-8020-4214-7. "This is a mapping exercise," David Reed explains in the...

Cora Wilson Stewart: Crusader Against Illiteracy. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Cora Wilson Stewart: Crusader against Illiteracy. By Willie Nelms. Jefferson, N.G.: McFarland & Co., 1997. v, 233 pp. $38.50. ISBN 0-7864-0334-9. Willie Nelms offers an interesting picture of the emerging public school system in early...

American Library Catalogues, 1801-1875: A National Bibliography. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... American Library Catalogues, 1801-1875: A National Bibliography. By Robert Singerman. Champaign, Ill.: Occasional Papers (203-4), Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996. ix, 242 pp....

Surveying the Library Landscape: The Inspection Visits of the University of Illinois Library School. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Surveying the Library Landscape: The Inspection Visits of the University of Illinois Library School. By Thomas D. Walker. Champaign, Ill.: Occasional Papers (206), Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at...

Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries. By Herbert N. Foerstel. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. xxiii, 231 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-313-28517-9. As we pass inevitably into globalization...

Desherber en bibliotheque: Manuel pratique de revision des collections. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Desherber en bibliotheque: Manuel pratique de revision des collections. By Francoise Gaudet and Claudine Lieber. Paris: Electre-Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, 1996. 262 pp. 195 FF. ISBN 2-7654-0632-4. Until the publication of...

International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Philip G. Altbach and Edith S. Hoshino. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995. xxvi, 736 pp. $95.00. ISBN 08153-0786-1. After Gutenberg's invention was turned into an industry by the...

Dahl's History of the Book. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Dahl's History of the Book, (3d ed.). Edited by Bill Katz. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995. xv, 309 pp. $39.50. ISBN 0-8108-2852-9. As stated in the preface, this is a revision "loosely based upon the 1968 second edition of Sven...

Preserving Library Materials: A Manual. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Preserving Library Materials: A Manual (2d ed.). By Susan C. Swartzburg. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995. x, 503 pp. $59.95. ISBN 0-8108-2855-3. Preservation of library materials is one of the younger fields of library science that...

Modern British History: A Guide to Study and Research. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 1999... Modern British History: A Guide to Study and Research. Edited by Larry Butler and Anthony Gorst. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998. x, 310 pp. $19.95. ISBN l-86064-208-X. As a Ph.D. in history who remembers a first-semester graduate student's...