Irrepressible reformer : A biography of Melvil Dewey /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Estados Unidos : American Library Association, 1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Launching a "World Work", 1851-1888 : Child of the Burned-Over District, 1851-1876
  • Creating bureaus and organizations, 1876-1879
  • "Dui" in business for himself, 1879-1883
  • "To ride a fast or frisky horse": Columbia College, 1883-1888
  • Other interests, 1883-1888.
  • Part 2. The Albany years, 1889-1906 : Jockeying for position: regents' Secretary, 1889-1892
  • Moving the university "out of innocuous desuetude", 1892-1898
  • Overplaying politics, 1898-1899
  • Attending to library matters, 1889-1904
  • Working with the American Library Association, 1889-1904
  • Other interests, 1889-1910
  • "Jew attack", 1905
  • Disgraced and banished for his sins: Dewey's downfall, 1905-1906.
  • Part 3. The Lake Placid years, 1906-1931 : Building an efficient WASP's Nest, 1906-1925
  • Trouble in paradise, 1926-1931
  • Epilogue.