Books, Bluster, and Bounty
Local Politics and Intermountain West Carnegie Library Building Grants, 1898–1920
by Susan H Swetnam
Description
Books, Bluster, and Bounty examines a cross-section of Carnegie library applications to determine how local support was mustered for cultural institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century West. This comparative study considers the entire region between the Rockies and the Cascades/Sierras, including all of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona; western Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado; eastern Oregon and Washington; and small parts of California and New Mexico.
The author's purpose is to address not only the how of the process but also the variable why. Although virtually all citizens and communities in the West who sought Carnegie libraries expected tangible benefits for themselves that were only tangentially related to books, what they specifically wanted varied in correlation with the diverse nature of western communities. By looking at the detailed records of the Carnegie library campaigns, the author is able to provide an alternative lens through which to perceive and map the social-cultural makeup and town building of western communities at the turn of the century.
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Bibliographic Information
- Imprint Utah State University Press
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780874218428 / 087421842X
- Publication Country or regionUSA / United States of America
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price $29.95
- Pages208
- ReadershipGeneral - Trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- Biblio NotesPublished 05/01/2016
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