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Good Books in a Country Home: The Public Library as Cultural Force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920 Deanna B. Marcum
Good Books in a Country Home: The Public Library as Cultural Force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920
Deanna B. Marcum
Although urban historians point to the creation of the American public library as one response to the chaos experienced by big cities at the end of the 19th century, this study shows that the library developed in the rural community of Hagerstown, Maryland, resembled its urban counterparts.
208 pages
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