Title Barbarians at the gates of the public library : how postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good / by Ed D'Angelo.

Publication Info.	Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 127 pages)
Bibliography	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""
Subject	Public libraries -- United States -- History.
	Public libraries -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
	Libraries and society.
	Public interest.
	LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
	Libraries and society. (OCoLC)fst00997566
	Public interest. (OCoLC)fst01082535
	Public libraries. (OCoLC)fst01082640
	Public libraries -- Aims and objectives. (OCoLC)fst01082654
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Bibliothèques publiques -- Histoire.
	Bibliothèques et affaires -- Histoire.
	Bibliothèques et établissements publics -- Histoire.
	Bibliothécaires -- Responsabilité professionnelle.
	Öffentliche Bibliothek.
	Bildungsauftrag.
	Gesellschaft.
	Demokratisierung.
	Chancengleichheit.
	Wertwandel.
	Konsumgesellschaft.
	Wirtschaftliches Verhalten.
	United States.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Added Title	How postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good
Other Form:	Print version: D'Angelo, Edward, 1932- Barbarians at the gates of the public library. Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, ©2006 0977861716 (DLC) 2008357231 (OCoLC)76882300
ISBN	9781936117239 (electronic bk.)
	1936117231 (electronic bk.)

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