New directions in book history· 2019· Book chapter
Early Public Libraries and Colonial Citizenship in the British Southern Hemisphere
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Short summary
Early colonial public libraries in Australia, South Africa, and Southeast Asia were instrumental in shaping colonial public discourse.
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Key points
- Compares six early colonial public libraries in Australia, South Africa, and Southeast Asia.
- Utilizes primary source material for analysis.
- Argues that these libraries played a formative role in colonial public discourse.
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Abstract
This open access book is a comparative study of six early colonial public libraries in nineteenth-century Australia, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. Using primary source material, the book argues that public libraries played a formative role in colonial public discourse.
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