The ALA, public libraries and the Great Depression

• 主要作者: Luyt, Brendan
• 其他作者: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2012
• 主題: DRNTU::Library and information science
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94118; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8367

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the American Library Association (ALA) became active in an alliance of public administrators, bank executives and teachers defending public spending from powerful populist anti-tax coalitions seeking drastic tax cuts as a solution to economic stagnation. Lib...