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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 127 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781936117239
  • 1936117231
Other title:
  • How postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Barbarians at the gates of the public library.DDC classification:
  • 027.409 22
LOC classification:
  • Z716.4 .D36 2006eb
Online resources:
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 Theory12. Postmodern Consumer Capitalism and the Public Library -- Bibliography -- About the Author
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127).

Print version record.

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 Theory12. Postmodern Consumer Capitalism and the Public Library -- Bibliography -- About the Author

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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