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Tables of Contents for History of Libraries in the Western World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
PART I: LIBRARIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
1
68
The Origin of Libraries
3
14
Babylonian and Assyrian Libraries
17
10
Egyptian Libraries
27
10
Greek Libraries
37
18
Roman Libraries
55
14
PART II: MEDIEVAL LIBRARIES
69
60
Byzantine and Moslem Libraries
71
18
Monastic and Cathedral Libraries
89
18
The Rise of the University, the Renaissance, the Invention of Printing, and the Growth of Libraries in Europe to 1500
107
22
PART III: MODERN LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST
129
170
European Libraries: Expansion and Diversification to 1917
131
32
Libraries in America to 1850
163
44
Modern European Libraries
207
34
Modern American Libraries
241
58
Index
299
4
About the Author
303