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"This lively, nuanced history of New York City's early public libraries traces their evolution within the political, social, and cultural worlds that supported them. On May 11, 1911, the New York Public Library opened its "marble palace for book lovers" on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. This was the city's first public library in the modern sense, a tax-supported, circulating collection free to every citizen. Since before the Revolution, however, New York's reading publics had access to a range of "public libraries" as the term was understood by contemporaries. In its most basic sense a public library in the eighteenth and most of the nineteenth centuries simply meant a shared collection of books that was available to the general public and promoted the public good. From the founding in 1754 of the New York Society Library up to 1911, public libraries took a variety of forms. Some of them were free, charitable institutions, while others required a membership or an annual subscription. Some, such as the Biblical Library of the American Bible Society, were highly specialized; others, like the Astor Library, developed extensive, inclusive collections. What all the public libraries of this period had in common, at least ostensibly, was the conviction that good books helped ensure a productive, virtuous, orderly republic-that good reading promoted the public good. Tom Glynn's vivid, deeply researched history of New York City's public libraries over the course of more than a century and a half illuminates how the public and private functions of reading changed over time and how shared collections of books could serve both public and private ends. Reading Publics examines how books and reading helped construct social identities and how print functioned within and across groups, including but not limited to socioeconomic classes. The author offers an accessible while scholarly exploration of how republican and liberal values, shifting understandings of "public" and "private," and the debate over fiction influenced the development and character of New York City's public libraries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reading Publics is an important contribution to the social and cultural history of New York City that firmly places the city's early public libraries within the history of reading and print culture in the United States"--

027.4 <73 NEW YORK> --- 027.4 <73 NEW YORK> Openbare bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Openbare bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Public libraries --- Subscription libraries --- Libraries and society --- Books and reading --- History --- History. --- New York (N.Y.) --- Intellectual life. --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Society and libraries --- Libraries, Subscription --- Membership libraries --- Libraries --- County libraries --- Libraries, County --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Apprentices' Library. --- Astor Library. --- Free Circulating Libraries. --- Mercantile Library Association. --- New York Public Library. --- New York Society Library. --- Public Good. --- Public Libraries. --- fiction. --- reading.

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Documentation and information --- New York City --- 027.4 <73 NEW YORK> --- Library resources --- -Manuscripts --- -Printed ephemera --- -Rare books --- -Bibliography --- Book rarities --- Books --- Rare library materials --- Ephemera, Printed --- Ephemeral printing --- Printing, Ephemeral --- Street literature --- Codices --- Nonbook materials --- Archival materials --- Charters --- Codicology --- Diplomatics --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Paleography --- Transmission of texts --- Information resources --- Libraries --- Library materials --- Openbare bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Rare books --- New York Public Library --- New York (City). --- New York (N.Y.). --- NYPL --- New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations --- Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭorkskai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Lenox Library --- Astor Library --- New York Free Circulating Library --- Manuscripts --- Printed ephemera --- -Openbare bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- 027.4 <73 NEW YORK> Openbare bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Bibliography --- New York Public Library. --- Fonds documentaires --- Livres rares --- Publications ephemeres --- New york public library --- New york (n.y.) --- Manuscrits --- New York City [New York]

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094.2 <73 NEW YORK> --- 094:58 --- 76.043 --- Oude drukken: bibliotheekcatalogi----Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Botany --- Iconografie: flora in de prentkunst --- 76.043 Iconografie: flora in de prentkunst --- 094:58 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Botany --- 094.2 <73 NEW YORK> Oude drukken: bibliotheekcatalogi----Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Botanical illustration --- Botanical drawing --- Flower painting and illustration --- Fruit painting and illustration --- Illustration, Botanical --- Biological illustration --- Natural history illustration --- Catalogs --- New York Public Library --- New York (City). --- New York (N.Y.). --- NYPL --- New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations --- Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭorkskai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Lenox Library --- Astor Library --- New York Free Circulating Library --- Catalogs.

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Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Arabic --- Manuscripts, Persian --- Manuscripts, Turkish --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic --- Catalogs. --- 091 <73 NEW YORK> --- 091 =9 --- -Manuscripts, Arabic --- -Manuscripts, Persian --- -Manuscripts, Turkish --- -Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic --- Muslim illumination of books and manuscripts --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Turkish manuscripts --- Persian manuscripts --- Persian literature --- Arabic manuscripts --- Codices --- Books --- Nonbook materials --- Archival materials --- Charters --- Codicology --- Diplomatics --- Paleography --- Transmission of texts --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Oosterse talen --- Catalogs --- New York Public Library --- -New York (City). --- New York (N.Y.). --- NYPL --- New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations --- Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭorkskai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Lenox Library --- Astor Library --- New York Free Circulating Library --- -Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- -Catalogs --- 091 =9 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Oosterse talen --- 091 <73 NEW YORK> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts --- New York (City). --- Manuscripts - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. --- Manuscripts, Arabic - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. --- Manuscripts, Persian - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. --- Manuscripts, Turkish - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. --- Mss islamiques --- Mss New York. Public library

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Book history --- Art thefts --- Rare books --- Thieves --- 024.8 --- 090.1 <73 NEW YORK> --- 655.425 <73> --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Robbers --- Criminals --- Bibliography --- Book rarities --- Books --- Rare library materials --- Art --- Art robberies --- Art stealing --- Plunder of the arts --- Theft --- 090.1 <73 NEW YORK> Bibliofilie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Bibliofilie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- History --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- Antiquariaatsboekhandel. Boekenantiquariaat. Tweedehandsboekhandel--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Thefts --- Poe, Edgar Allan, --- Po, Edgar, --- Boy, Ētkar, --- Poe, E. A. --- Poë, Edgard, --- Pui, ʼAggā ʼAyʻlaṅʻ, --- Pō, Eḍgār Ālen, --- Po, Edhar, --- Poe, Edgar Allen, --- Perry, Edgar A., --- По, Эдгар Аллан, --- По, Эдгар, --- פאו, עדגאר עלען --- פאו, עדגאר עלען, --- פא, אדגאר אלאן --- פא, עדגאר --- פא, עדגאר עלען, --- פו, אדגר --- פו, אדגר אלן --- פו, אדגר אלן, --- アランポオ, --- 愛倫坡, --- Po, Ailun, --- Quarles, --- Library resources. --- Manuscripts. --- New York Public Library --- New York (City). --- New York (N.Y.). --- NYPL --- New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations --- Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭorkskai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Lenox Library --- Astor Library --- New York Free Circulating Library --- Poe, Edgar Allan --- Poe, Edgar Allen