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Still Struggling for Equality: American Public Library Services with Minorities.(Book review)

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| March 22, 2006 | Burke, Susan K. | COPYRIGHT 2003 University of Texas at Austin (University of Texas Press). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Still Struggling for Equality: American Public Library Services with Minorities. By Plummer A. Jones, Jr. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. xvii, 269 pp. $65.00. ISBN 1-59158-243-1.

This book examines the historical evolution of U.S. immigration legislation and how resultant immigration patterns affected public library services. Jones gives an historical context for the changing demographics of library patron populations by examining global diaspora and how the United States responded with changes to immigration law. Additionally, he discusses internal migrations in the United States as populations moved from rural areas into cities and from city centers…

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