Ideology and libraries. California, diplomacy, and occupied Japan, 1945-1952.

Autor/in	Buckland, Michael Keeble
Sonst. Personen	Takayama, Masaya (Mitarb.)
Titel	Ideology and libraries. California, diplomacy, and occupied Japan, 1945-1952.
Quelle	Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. (2021), xiv, 170 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-5381-4314-8; 9781538143155
Schlagwörter	Geschichte (Histor); Geschichtsdarstellung; 20. Jahrhundert; Besetzung; Bibliothek; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Japan; Kalifornien; USA
Abstract	"This book examines US-influenced initiatives to improve library services during the Allied Occupation of post-surrender Japan and looks at history of funding libraries abroad as a tool of cultural diplomacy, the development of free public libraries as a progressive political agenda in California, and an explanation of why in Japan library services were relatively backward despite exceptionally high literacy and very well-developed publishing industry and retail book trade"--. Contents: Introduction -- Function and Structure -- Cultural Contexts and Political Choices -- The California County Library System -- Libraries in Diplomacy -- Libraries in Japan and the Allied Occupation -- CIE Information centers -- The Education Mission, 1946 -- Philip Keeney and his Plan -- National Diet Library -- The Library Law of 1950 -- Don Brown's Initiative -- Gitler, Kiyooka and Keio -- The Japan Library School -- Afterwards -- Summary and Retrospect.
Erfasst von	Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Update	2022/3