id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12974 Gittelshon, Marc The Book Trade of the World; Volume II, The Americas, Australia, New Zealand (Book Review) 1977-03-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1432 82 57 The opening group of artfcles appears under a heading entitled The Setting and covers the writing of library history, the distribution of libraries throughout the United States, the growth of research col- lections, statistical reporting of American library developments by the federal govern- ment, and library . John C. Col- son's lead chapter appeals to the serious student of library history by speculating about the contrasting definitions of history as a past which is known, and needs only to be explained, and history as a method of study. cache/crl-12974.pdf txt/crl-12974.txt