Irrepressible reformer : a biography of Melvil Dewey
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Z720.D5 W54 1996
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Z720.D5 W54 1996
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | Z720.D5 W54 1996 | On Shelf |
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06.31 history of library and documentation.
Bibliothecarissen.
Bibliothécaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Bibliothécaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Biografieën (vorm)
Biographies.
Biography
Biography.
Dewey, Melvil (1851-1931)
Dewey, Melvil Louis Kossuth, -- 1851-1931.
Dewey, Melvil, -- 1851-1931.
Dewey, Melvil, -- 1851-1931.
Educators -- Biography.
Librarians -- Biography.
Librarians -- Biography.
Reformers -- Biography.
Réformateurs sociaux -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
United States -- Biography.
Verenigde Staten.
Éducateurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Bibliothecarissen.
Bibliothécaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Bibliothécaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Biografieën (vorm)
Biographies.
Biography
Biography.
Dewey, Melvil (1851-1931)
Dewey, Melvil Louis Kossuth, -- 1851-1931.
Dewey, Melvil, -- 1851-1931.
Dewey, Melvil, -- 1851-1931.
Educators -- Biography.
Librarians -- Biography.
Librarians -- Biography.
Reformers -- Biography.
Réformateurs sociaux -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
United States -- Biography.
Verenigde Staten.
Éducateurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
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Book
Physical Desc
xx, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) is known for his Decimal Classification system for libraries, but the system was only one endeavor in a feverishly ambitious life. The other Dewey - reformer, businessman, powerful state education officer, resort-empire builder - has long been obscured, as has the dark side of Dewey's personality. Drawing from years of archival research, preeminent Melvil Dewey historian Wayne A. Wiegand has produced the first frank and comprehensive biography of.
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This enigmatic reformer. While providing richer background on Dewey's positive achievements than earlier, reverential biographies, Wiegand reveals his subject as one who was "driven, tense, often arrogant," who had "an obsessive need to control ... and self-righteously denied his own racism and class prejudices." Whatever Dewey's virtues and flaws, his influence on libraries and education was profound. To understand his life is to better understand these institutions.
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Then and now - and the people who shape them.
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wiegand, W. A. (1996). Irrepressible reformer: a biography of Melvil Dewey . American Library Association.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-. 1996. Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey. Chicago: American Library Association.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-. Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Wiegand, W. A. (1996). Irrepressible reformer: a biography of melvil dewey. Chicago: American Library Association.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wiegand, Wayne A. Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey American Library Association, 1996.
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