The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland Volume 2: 1640–1850

• Frontmatter
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• pp. i-xii

• 1 - Introduction: the changing world of libraries – from cloister to hearth by Giles Mandelbrote and K. A. Manley
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• pp. 1-6

PART ONE - THE EXPANSION OF BOOK COLLECTIONS 1640–1750

• 2 - Ancients and moderns: cross-currents in early modern intellectual life by Joseph M. Levine
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• pp. 7-22

• 3 - Libraries, books and learning, from bacon to the enlightenment by Paul A. Nelles
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• pp. 23-35

• 4 - Opportunities for building collections and libraries by Julian Roberts
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• pp. 36-46

• 5 - Libraries for school education and personal devotion by Ian Green
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• pp. 47-64

• 6 - Libraries for the parish: individual donors and charitable societies by W. M. Jacob
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• pp. 65-82

• 7 - Endowed libraries for towns by Michael Powell
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• pp. 83-101

• 8 - Libraries in university towns by Charles Benson
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• pp. 102-121

• 9 - Ecclesiastical libraries: libraries for the higher clergy by Sheila Hingley
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• pp. 122-133

• 10 - Libraries for antiquaries and heralds by Nigel Ramsay
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• pp. 134-157

• 11 - Professional collections: libraries for scientists and doctors by Scott Mandelbrote
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• pp. 158-172

• 12 - Personal owners of books by Giles Mandelbrote
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• pp. 173-189

• 13 - Library buildings and fittings by John Newman
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• pp. 190-211

• 14 - Baroque librarianship by P. S. Morrish
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• pp. 212-238

PART TWO - LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AT A LOCAL LEVEL

• 15 - Libraries for sociability: the advance of the subscription library by James Raven
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• pp. 239-263

• 16 - Local library provision: 1 Norwich by David Stoker
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• pp. 264-274

• 17 - Local library provision: 2 Belfast by Wesley McCann
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• pp. 275-282

PART THREE - PROVINCIAL AND METROPOLITAN LIBRARIES 1750–1850

• 18 - Libraries in context: social, cultural and intellectual background by Joanna Innes
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• pp. 283-300

• 19 - The book trade and libraries by John Feather
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• pp. 301-312

• 20 - Ecclesiastical libraries by Joan Williams
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• pp. 313-323

• 21 - Libraries in the parish by Graham Best
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• pp. 324-344

• 22 - Books and universities by Peter Freshwater
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• pp. 345-370

• 23 - Libraries and literacy in popular education by Brian Burch
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• pp. 371-387

• 24 - Scientific and medical libraries: the rise of the institution by John Symons
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• pp. 388-404

• 25 - The first century of the British Museum library by P. R. Harris
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• pp. 405-421

• 26 - The impact of the British Museum library by Marvin Spevack
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• pp. 422-437

• 27 - Private libraries in the age of bibliomania by Arnold Hunt
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• pp. 438-458

• 28 - Library architecture and interiors by M. H. Port
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• pp. 459-478

• 29 - Library management in the pre-professional age by P. S. Morrish
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• pp. 479-493

• 30 - Libraries for an imperial power by Wallace Kirsop
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• pp. 494-508

• 31 - Engines of literature: libraries in an era of expansion and transition by K. A. Manley
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• pp. 509-528

• Select bibliography
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• pp. 529-541

• Index
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• pp. 542-575