Barbarians at the gates of the public library : how postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good / by Ed D'Angelo.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127).
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Contents
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. The Crisis of Democracy and the Public Library""; ""2. Democracy and the Profession of Librarianship""; ""3. The Reasoning Public: Public Libraries, Democracy and the Public Good""; ""4. Education, Democracy and the Public Good""; ""5. Education, Edification, Entertainment and Consumption""; ""6. From Ethical Liberalism to Economic Liberalism""; ""7. Coney Island and the Rise of Mass Entertainment""; ""8. Barbarism and Entertainment""; ""9. From Citizen to Consumer""; ""10. Democracy, the Public Good and the Post-modern Information Economy""
""11. Markets, Bureaucracies and New Economy Management Theory""""12. Postmodern Consumer Capitalism and the Public Library""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Author""